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Icyou: How Social Media Is the New Resource for Online Health Information Prerna Mona Khanna, MD, MPH, Medical Editor, Icyou.com, Charleston, South Carolina, describes another promising use of the health Internet.
Webcast Video Commentaries, May 2008

Retirement May Be Hazardous to Your Health Retirement may be hazardous to your health.
The Medscape Medical Minute, May 2008
Abuse of Medications Employed for the Treatment of ADHD: Results From a Large-Scale Community Survey This article evaluates prescription and illicit stimulant abuse in the treatment of ADHD. The results suggest that long-acting stimulants may have lower abuse potential than short-acting agents.
Psychiatry, May 2008
Honor Killings -- Still a Burning Issue in Pakistan A reader brings to light a practice in Pakistan that many do not know exists.
Letters, May 2008
How to Treat Skin Infections, Including MRSA, in 2008 Erik Schraga, MD, with Stanford-Kaiser Santa Clara Emergency Medicine in California, explains the correct way to treat skin abscesses in 2008.
Webcast Video Editorials, May 2008
Patients: An Untapped Safety Resource Julia A. Hallisy, DDS, a dentist in San Francisco, California, teaches how patients can protect themselves.
Webcast Video Editorials, May 2008
Regional Anesthesia, Compression, and Aspirin Is the Safest Form of Prophylaxis for Hip and Knee Arthroplasty Regional anesthesia, compression, and aspirin is the safest form of prophylaxis for hip and knee arthroplasty.
The Medscape Medical Minute, May 2008
Underutilization of Thromboprophylaxis in Patients With Heart Failure Gregory Piazza, MD, Clinical Fellow in Medicine, Cardiovascular Division, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, discusses how poorly many hospitals are preventing deep vein thrombosis.
Webcast Video Interviews, April 2008
Announcing the Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Section of The Medscape Journal of Medicine David Goldenberg, MD, Division of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, The Pennsylvania State University, The Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, announces this new section of The Medscape Journal.
Editorials, April 2008
Therapeutic Targets in Rhinosinusitis: Infection or Inflammation? Intranasal steroids reduce inflammation and improve drainage, effects that are critical to the resolution of rhinosinusitis.
Clinical Reviews, April 2008
"Jake Leg," Other Poisonings, Physicians as Canaries, and the FDA Emily Friedman, an independent health policy and ethics analyst, reminds us why doctors must be "canaries" and the FDA must act.
Webcast Video Editorials, April 2008

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