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A Systematic Review of Cochrane Anticoagulation Reviews Errors and biases found in 58 Cochrane anticoagulation reviews prompt a call for the FDA to reassess the evidence basis for 30 indications (FDA approved and off label) for anticoagulant use.
Original Articles, January 2009

Articles

Born at the Wrong Time? Timing of Infant Birth and the Risk for Childhood Asthma Tina Hartert, MD, MPH, of Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, discusses whether the date of conception predicts childhood asthma.
Webcast Video Editorials, January 2009
Sleep Apnea as a Cause of Gout Flares A reader explains the need to examine the sleep patterns of patients being treated for gout.
Letters, January 2009
The Doctor-Patient Relationship III: A Way of Listening -- The Balint Group Revisited, 2008 Ursula Snyder, PhD, Former Editor, Medscape Ob/Gyn & Women's Health, New York, explains how we can truly improve our listening with this method.
Webcast Video Editorials, January 2009
Medical Alert Bracelet: An Effective Way to Preserve Veins for Future Dialysis Vascular Access in Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease A reader advocates the use of medical bracelets to better aid patients with chronic kidney disease.
Letters, January 2009
Restless Legs Syndrome: A Unique Case and Essentials of Diagnosis and Treatment This is a rare case of restless legs syndrome (RLS) associated with hyperparathyroidism. To our knowledge, it is the second such case of hyperparathyroid-related RLS that has been described.
Neurology & Neurosurgery, December 2008
Menstruation in Adolescents: What's Normal? Clinicians and teens should be more aware of evidence-based norms for pubertal development, menstrual function, and warning signs for irregularities.
Ob/Gyn & Women's Health - Clinical Reviews, December 2008
The Doctor-Patient Relationship II: Not Listening Ursula Snyder, PhD, Former Editor, Medscape Ob/Gyn & Women's Health, New York, NY, teaches us how to improve our listening skills.
Webcast Video Editorials, December 2008
A Reader and Author Respond to "Does Primary Care Matter?" A reader and author further discuss the role of primary care.
Letters, December 2008
The Doctor-Patient Relationship I: The Web Underscores the Divide Ursula Snyder, PhD, Former Editor, Medscape Ob/Gyn & Women's Health, New York, NY, explains how to improve physician-patient conversation.
Webcast Video Editorials, December 2008
A Reader Responds to "Seven Pharmacotherapies Do Promote Smoking Abstinence at 6 and 12 Months" A reader discusses the need to systematically study human health hazards of nonconventional methods of using tobacco.
Letters, December 2008

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