Special Articles

• The Problem With ADAGE (A1c-Derived Average Glucose Equivalent) The goal of the study is to report glycohemoglobin results to patients as A1c-derived averages rather than strictly A1c values.
  Medscape General Medicine, November 2007
• Good Primary Care Is Obesity Medicine Ingrid Kohlstadt, MD, MPH, FACN, Associate, Johns Hopkins University, School of Public Health, highlights some new angles on obesity medicine.
  Medscape General Medicine, November 2007
• Characteristics of Patients Prescribed Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors, Angiotensin Receptor Blockers, or the Combination at an Urban Medical Center Our study reinforces the need of combination therapy for treating hypertension. This is in line with the literature on the need for at least 2 agents to achieve BP goal.
  Medscape General Medicine, November 2007
• Be Prepared to Use the Hot Mic to Counter Pandemics Randall N. Hyer, MD, PhD, MPH, Senior Director, Merck Vaccine Division, explains the importance of good communication in preventing public health calamities.
  Medscape General Medicine, November 2007
• A Reader and Author Respond to "Who Killed Healthcare?" A reader asserts that physicians should not be exempt when examining the question of "who killed healthcare."
  Medscape General Medicine, November 2007
• How Much Is Too Much? David Rosenbloom, PhD, Professor of Public Health, Boston University School of Public Health, explains how much drinking of alcohol is TOO much.
  Medscape General Medicine, November 2007
• A Reader Responds to "By Financial Disclosures, We're Fixing the Wrong Problem" A reader continues the discussion by asking, "Is there anybody without a potential conflict of interest?"
  Medscape General Medicine, November 2007
• Medical Tourism: Globalization of the Healthcare Marketplace Medical tourism presents concerns and challenges as well as opportunities. This trend will have an impact on the healthcare landscape in industrialized and developing countries around the world.
  Medscape General Medicine, November 2007
• Antimicrobial Use in Hospitals: Managing a Medical Treasure Robert Gaynes, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine/Infectious Diseases, Emory University School of Medicine and CDC, Atlanta, Georgia, details how to rescue antimicrobials for continued use.
  Medscape General Medicine, November 2007
• Enabling People With Disabilities Harvey V. Fineberg, MD, PhD, President, Institute of Medicine, Washington, DC, shares the IOM's position on handling disabilities.
  Medscape General Medicine, November 2007
• Science and Sensibility: An Interview With Professor Rolf M. Zinkernagel, Nobel Prize Winner for Medicine 1996 Prof. Rolf Zinkernagel, immunologist and Nobel Prize winner, was interviewed after his lecture on "Why Do We Not Have a Vaccine Against TB or HIV (Yet)?"
  Medscape General Medicine, November 2007
• Reforms for Rating Media: Disclosure, Not Censorship Kimberly M. Thompson, ScD, Associate Professor and Director, Kids Risk Project, Harvard School of Public Health, explains how we can improve media ratings.
  Medscape General Medicine, November 2007
• Integrative Medicine: Sorting Fact From Fiction Kenneth R. Pelletier, MD, PhD, Clinical Professor of Medicine at the University of Arizona School of Medicine and the University of California School of Medicine, describes evidence-based CAM.
  Medscape General Medicine, November 2007
• Should Diabetes Healthcare Abandon Its Gold Standard? Hemoglobin A1c should remain the gold standard. We should refine it to incorporate sensible assumptions about the correlation between successive data values.
  Medscape General Medicine, November 2007
• Dr. Barry Sample of Quest Diagnostics Discusses With Medscape Editor Dr. George Lundberg Trends of Illicit Drug Use by American Workers in 2007 As Shown by Workplace Drug Testing: Cocaine Use Is Down R.H. Barry Sample, PhD, Director of Science and Technology at Quest Diagnostics in Atlanta, Georgia, explains trends of illicit drug use by American workers in 2007 as shown by workplace drug testing.
  Medscape General Medicine, October 2007
• The Safety of Oseltamivir in Patients with Influenza: Analysis of Healthcare Claims Data from Six Influenza Seasons This Original Article explores the influence of oseltamivir treatment on central nervous system (CNS)-related and neuropsychiatric events in adults, children, and adolescents with influenza.
  Medscape General Medicine, October 2007
• Healthcare in America: Getting Better But Still Not Good Enough Carolyn Clancy, MD, Director, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, Maryland, teaches us about quality, disease management, and prevention opportunities still available.
  Medscape General Medicine, October 2007
• Readers' and Author's Responses to "Evidence-Based Standards Should Apply to Dietary Supplements, Too" Readers debate the concept of evidence-based standards with regard to dietary supplements.
  Medscape General Medicine, October 2007
• Healthy Foods for Healthy Kids Harvey V. Fineberg, MD, PhD, President of the Institute of Medicine in Washington, DC, describes how to change unhealthy food for kids into healthy food.
  Medscape General Medicine, October 2007
• A Reader Responds to "Ethics and Evidence-Based Medicine: Is There a Conflict?" A reader discusses his experience in the genetic assessment of patients and their families, and shares his thoughts on possible areas of ethical conflict.
  Medscape General Medicine, October 2007