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Serum Potassium May Independently Predict Incident Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

Medscape Medical News, October 29, 2010

Long Labor Doesn't Worsen Outcomes for Newborns

Reuters Health Information, October 29, 2010

Medicare "Doc Fix" Ordeal for Physicians Could Worsen If GOP Captures House November 2

Medscape Medical News, October 28, 2010

MGMA  Independent Physician Practices Out-Earn Hospital-Owned Practices, But Numbers Are Deceiving

Medscape Medical News, October 28, 2010

Waist-to-Height Ratio May Predict Cardiometabolic Risk in Normal-Weight Children

Medscape Medical News, October 28, 2010

ACIP  ACIP Now Recommends Tdap Vaccine at Age 65 Years and Older

Medscape Medical News, October 28, 2010

ACIP  ACIP Recommends Meningococcal Booster Dose

Medscape Medical News, October 28, 2010

Alert Sandoz Recalls Methotrexate Vials That May Contain Glass Flakes

Medscape Medical News, October 29, 2010

Specialty Spotlight

• Testosterone Therapy in Older Men: Worth the Extra Muscle? A Best Evidence Review This Best Evidence Review reports on a study suggesting that testosterone therapy can increase muscle strength, but adverse effects may offset the benefits.
  Medscape Family Medicine, October 29, 2010
• Talking to Patients: Is it Really an Art or Do We Take the History for Granted? To students it looks effortless, but time-honored skills are put into action as we watch and listen to what our patients tell us.
  British Journal of Cardiology, October 29, 2010
• Polymer-Drug Conjugates For Novel Molecular Targets Polymer-drug conjugates are now used in cancer therapy, but potential future applications are far-ranging, including diabetes, hypertension, infections, digestive tract diseases and inflammation.
  Nanomedicine, October 29, 2010
• Dietary Iodine: Why Are So Many Mothers Not Getting Enough? Why is dietary iodine so important for the growing fetus?
  Environmental Health Perspectives, October 29, 2010
• Innate Antimicrobial Immunity in Inflammatory Bowel Diseases Recent advances support the evolving hypothesis that intestinal bacteria induce inflammation in genetically predisposed individuals.
  Expert Review of Clinical Immunology, October 29, 2010