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______________________________________________________________________ >>> Week in Review-Today on Medscape MedPulse® <<< http://www.medscape.com__________________________________________________________________________________________ NEW FEATURE ARTICLES THIS WEEK ____________________ AIDS4TH INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON HIV DRUG RESISTANCE AND TREATMENT STRATEGIES Kuritzkes, MD, presents a comprehensive review of important new dataon the mechanisms of drug resistance, use of resistance assays, and noveltherapeutic strategies.Medscape HIV/AIDS 6(3), 2000. © 2000 Medscape, Inc.http://hiv.medscape.com/23839.rhtml<a href="http://hiv.medscape.com/23839.rhtml">Read it Here</a>4TH INTERNATIONAL AIDS MALIGNANCY CONFERENCEA comprehensive summary of new data from the premier annual meeting onHIV-related malignancies, by andra Levine, MD, and Ellen al, MD.Medscape HIV/AIDS 6(3), 2000.http://hiv.medscape.com/23724.rhtml<a href="http://hiv.medscape.com/23724.rhtml">Read it Here</a>Plus...Structured Treatment Interruptionhttp://www.medscape.com/23725.rhtml<a'>http://www.medscape.com/23725.rhtml<a href="http://www.medscape.com/23725.rhtml">Read it Here</a>Evaluation of Simplified Protease Inhibitor Dosing Regimens for theTreatment of HIV Infectionhttp://www.medscape.com/23776.rhtml<a'>http://www.medscape.com/23776.rhtml<a href="http://www.medscape.com/23776.rhtml">Read it Here</a>Clinical Challenge - Understanding HIV Test Resultshttp://www.medscape.com/23775.rhtml<a'>http://www.medscape.com/23775.rhtml<a href="http://www.medscape.com/23775.rhtml">Read it Here</a>Managing Managed Care - HIV, Managed Care, and Outcomeshttp://www.medscape.com/23680.rhtml<a'>http://www.medscape.com/23680.rhtml<a href="http://www.medscape.com/23680.rhtml">Read it Here</a>HIV Infection Among Incarcerated Women: Epidemic Behind Barshttp://www.medscape.com/23722.rhtml<a'>http://www.medscape.com/23722.rhtml<a href="http://www.medscape.com/23722.rhtml">Read it Here</a> CardiologyCARDIOLOGY TREATMENT UPDATES - DAWNING OF A NEW ERA IN CARDIOVASCULARMEDICINE: APPLYING EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE TO REAL-LIFEHow does new evidence influence the diagnosis and treatment of acutecoronary syndromes?Cardiology Treatment Updates - © 2000 Medscape, Inc.http://www.medscape.com/23848.rhtml<a href="http://www.medscape.com/23848.rhtml">Read it Here</a>Plus...Cardiology Treatment Updates - Heparins in the New Millennium: WillUnfractionated Heparin Survive?http://www.medscape.com/23852.rhtml<a href="http://www.medscape.com/23852.rhtml">Read it Here</a>Ace Inihibitors, Heat Failure, and Evidence-Based Medicine: Drug Reactionsand Interactionshttp://www.medscape.com/23677.rhtml<a'>http://www.medscape.com/23677.rhtml<a href="http://www.medscape.com/23677.rhtml">Read it Here</a>Cardiac Remodeling After Myocardial Infarction: A Recipe for the SixMillion Dollar Hearthttp://www.medscape.com/23780.rhtml<a'>http://www.medscape.com/23780.rhtml<a href="http://www.medscape.com/23780.rhtml">Read it Here</a> GastroenterologyIMAGES IN GASTROENTEROLOGY - A MOSAIC PATTERN OF THE DESCENDING DUODENUMWhat is your diagnosis?Medscape Gastroenterology 2(3), 2000http://www.medscape.com/23729.rhtml<a'>http://www.medscape.com/23729.rhtml<a href="http://www.medscape.com/23729.rhtml">Read it Here</a> Infectious DiseasesLABORATORY-ACQUIRED HUMAN GLANDERS --- MARYLAND, MAY 2000The Baltimore City Health Department was notified by hospitalinfection-control staff of a serious systemic febrile illness in amicrobiologist whose research at the U.S. Army Medical Research Instituteof Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID) involved several pathogenic bacteria,including Burkholderia mallei, the causative agent of glanders.MMWR49(24):532-535, 2000. Centers for Disease Control<a href="http://www.medscape.com/23827.rhtml">Read it Here</a>Plus...Update: Clostridium novyi and Unexplained Illness Among Injecting-DrugUsers --- Scotland, Ireland, and England, April--June 2000http://www.medscape.com/23829.rhtml<a'>http://www.medscape.com/23829.rhtml<a href="http://www.medscape.com/23829.rhtml">Read it Here</a> Managed CareMANAGING MANAGED CARE - HIV, MANAGED CARE, AND OUTCOMESDevelop strategies for monitoring quality of care, including what tomeasure, how to gather data, and how to use the information to improveperformance.The AIDS Reader 10(5):274-278, 2000http://www.medscape.com/23680.rhtml<a'>http://www.medscape.com/23680.rhtml<a href="http://www.medscape.com/23680.rhtml">Read it Here</a>Plus...Drug Administration Errors in Infants: Don't Blame Individuals, Fix the Systemhttp://www.medscape.com/23836.rhtml<a'>http://www.medscape.com/23836.rhtml<a href="http://www.medscape.com/23836.rhtml">Read it Here</a> Med StudentsMEDICAL STUDENTS' ATTITUDES TOWARD PAIN AND THE USE OF OPIOID ANALGESICS:IMPLICATIONS FOR CHANGING MEDICAL SCHOOL CURRICULUMA preference for pediatrics, family medicine, and radiology was associatedwith opiophobia in this survey of future physicians' approaches to managingpatients with chronic pain.South Med J 93(5):472-478, 2000http://www.medscape.com/23678.rhtml<a'>http://www.medscape.com/23678.rhtml<a href="http://www.medscape.com/23678.rhtml">Read it Here</a> Molecular MedicineTRANSPLANTATION OF TNF-MODULATED OLIGODENDROCYTE AND NEURONAL PRECURSORS INAUTOIMMUNE DEMYELINATIONSpeculate on the future advances in treatment for the Pattaroyo variant ofmultiple sclerosis (MS type X).Graft 52(5):121-125, 2050.http://www.medscape.com/23830.rhtml<a href="http://www.medscape.com/23830.rhtml">Read it Here</a> Neurology & NeurosurgeryNEUROLOGY TREATMENT UPDATES - THE PROGRESSIVE NATURE OF EPILEPSY AS ACONSIDERATION IN PATIENT MANAGEMENT DECISIONSDo seizures beget seizures?Neurology Treatment Updates - © 2000 Medscape, Inc.http://www.medscape.com/23676.rhtml<a href="http://www.medscape.com/23676.rhtml">Read it Here</a>Plus...Phenotypic Variation in Hereditary Frontotemporal Dementiahttp://www.medscape.com/23771.rhtml<a'>http://www.medscape.com/23771.rhtml<a href="http://www.medscape.com/23771.rhtml">Read it Here</a>Natural History of Unruptured Intracranial Aneurysms: Probability and RiskFactors for Aneurysm Rupturehttp://www.medscape.com/23721.rhtml<a'>http://www.medscape.com/23721.rhtml<a href="http://www.medscape.com/23721.rhtml">Read it Here</a>Changes in Cerebral Blood Flow and Oxygen Metabolism During ModerateHypothermia in Patients With Severe Middle Cerebral Artery Infarctionhttp://www.medscape.com/23730.rhtml<a'>http://www.medscape.com/23730.rhtml<a href="http://www.medscape.com/23730.rhtml">Read it Here</a> NursesNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NURSING RESEARCH (NINR)Stay up to date on the latest nursing research, with article summaries bythe NINR.Medscape Nursing, 2000http://nursing.medscape.com/Medscape/Nurses/journal/2000/v02.n03/mns0623.01/mns0623.01.html<ahref='>http://nursing.medscape.com/Medscape/Nurses/journal/2000/v02.n03/mns0623.01/mns0623.01.html<ahref="http://nursing.medscape.com/Medscape/Nurses/journal/2000/v02.n03/mns0623.01/mns0623.01.html">Read it Here.</a>Plus...Can Women Who Have Had Breast Cancer Use Urogenital Estrogen Replacement?http://nurses.medscape.com/23854.rhtml<a href="http://nurses.medscape.com/23854.rhtml">Read it Here</a> Hematology-OncologyPREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF CANCER IN THE ELDERLYCancer rates are expected to increase as the US population becomesincreasingly older.Oncology Issues 15(2):26, 2000http://www.medscape.com/23723.rhtml<a'>http://www.medscape.com/23723.rhtml<a href="http://www.medscape.com/23723.rhtml">Read it Here</a>Plus...Epirubicin: Better Option for Patients at Low Risk of Tumor RecurrenceAfter TURhttp://www.medscape.com/23777.rhtml<a'>http://www.medscape.com/23777.rhtml<a href="http://www.medscape.com/23777.rhtml">Read it Here</a>Oral Chemotherapy, Cytostatic, and Supportive Care Agents: NewOpportunities and Challengeshttp://www.medscape.com/23779.rhtml<a'>http://www.medscape.com/23779.rhtml<a href="http://www.medscape.com/23779.rhtml">Read it Here</a> OrthopaedicsJOURNAL SCAN - ORTHOPAEDICS 3(6)Journal Scan is the clinician's guide to the latest clinical researchfindings in Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research.http://www.medscape.com/23853.rhtml<a href="http://www.medscape.com/23853.rhtml">Read it Here</a> PediatricsADVANCING CHILDREN'S HEALTH 2000: PEDIATRIC ACADEMIC SOCIETIES (PAS) ANDTHE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS (AAP) YEAR 2000 JOINT MEETINGThe PAS/AAP Year 2000 Joint Meeting focused on recent developments ingenetics, pediatric infectious disease, pediatric neurology, and publichealth.Medscape, 2000. & copy; 2000 Medscape, Inc.http://www.medscape.com/23773.rhtml<a href="http://www.medscape.com/23773.rhtml">Read it Here</a> PharmacistsJOURNAL SCAN - PHARMACISTS 1(5)Journal Scan is the pharmacist's guide to the latest clinical researchfindings in American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy, Journal of theAmerican Pharmaceutical Association, Journal of Managed Care Pharmacy,Pharmacotherapy, and other pharmacy journals.http://www.medscape.com/23679.rhtml<a href="http://www.medscape.com/23679.rhtml">Read it Here</a>Plus...>From Approval to Withdrawal: Case Studies of Troglitazone and Cisapridehttp://www.medscape.com/23847.rhtml<a'>http://www.medscape.com/23847.rhtml<a href="http://www.medscape.com/23847.rhtml">Read it Here</a> Primary CarePRIMARY CARE TREATMENT UPDATES - CLINICAL CHALLENGES IN ERECTILEDYSFUNCTION - AN INTERACTIVE CASE HISTORY APPROACHErectile dysfunction can be a harbinger of more serious conditions, as wellas a strong motivator for healthy lifestyle change. Review steps inscreening and the latest on choices of treatment.Primary Care Treatment Updates - © 2000 Medscape, Inc.http://www.medscape.com/23772.rhtml<a href="http://www.medscape.com/23772.rhtml">Read it Here</a> PsychiatryPSYCHIATRY TREATMENT UPDATES - RECURRENT DEPRESSION: CURRENT PERSPECTIVESRecurring depression can be a serious clinical problem.Psychiatry Treatment Updates - © 2000 Medscape, Inc.http://www.medscape.com/23837.rhtml<a href="http://www.medscape.com/23837.rhtml">Read it Here</a> RheumatologyRHEUMATIC FEVER: A PREVENTABLE AND TREATABLE PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEMPrevention of this illness and its complication of chronic rheumatic heartdisease depends on correct diagnosis of group A streptococcal infection.Drugs and Ther Perspect 15(9):5-8, 2000http://www.medscape.com/23778.rhtml<a'>http://www.medscape.com/23778.rhtml<a href="http://www.medscape.com/23778.rhtml">Read it Here</a>Plus...Leflunomide Is a Structure-Modifying Antirheumatic Drughttp://www.medscape.com/23838.rhtml<a'>http://www.medscape.com/23838.rhtml<a href="http://www.medscape.com/23838.rhtml">Read it Here</a> TransplantationMEDSCAPE TRANSPLANTATION CONFERENCE REPORT - 2ND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCEON TRANSPLANT INFECTIOUS DISEASEDefensive strategies such as assays for early detection and monitoring,prophylaxis, and preemptive therapy are needed to combat infectiouscomplications, a major cause of morbidity and mortality aftertransplantation.Medscape Transplantation 1(3), 2000.http://www.medscape.com/23728.rhtml<a href="http://www.medscape.com/23728.rhtml">Read it Here</a>Plus...Transplantation of TNF-Modulated Oligodendrocyte and Neuronal Precursors inAutoimmune Demyelinationhttp://www.medscape.com/23830.rhtml<a href="http://www.medscape.com/23830.rhtml">Read it Here</a>Liver Transplantation in an Era of Organ Shortagehttp://www.medscape.com/23840.rhtml<a'>http://www.medscape.com/23840.rhtml<a href="http://www.medscape.com/23840.rhtml">Read it Here</a> UrologyDO FLUOROQUINOLONES HAVE A ROLE IN PEDIATRIC URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS?The use of these agents in children has been limited by studies showingcartilage damage in young animals, but further research has had encouragingresults.Infect Med 17(5):334-344, 2000http://www.medscape.com/23727.rhtml<a'>http://www.medscape.com/23727.rhtml<a href="http://www.medscape.com/23727.rhtml">Read it Here</a> Women's HealthTHE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF OBSTRETRICIANS AND GYNECOLOGISTS 48TH ANNUALCLINICAL MEETINGHighlights of key presentations from the 48th Annual Meeting.Medscape, 2000. & copy; 2000 Medscape, Inc.http://www.medscape.com/23774.rhtml<a href="http://www.medscape.com/23774.rhtml">Read it Here</a>Plus...Addressing Obesity in Medical Practice: Is Weight Loss Medically Beneficial?http://www.medscape.com/23726.rhtml<a href="http://www.medscape.com/23726.rhtml">Read it Here</a>