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APA: Pediatric Psychopharmacology Highlights APA Meeting Agenda

WASHINGTON -- New safety and efficacy findings presented here will give clinicians a better scientific basis for using behavior-altering drugs in children, David Baron, D.O., program chair of this year’s American Psychiatric Association meeting told MedPage Today in this exclusive video report. full story

http://www.medpagetoday.com/MeetingCoverage/APA/tb/9328

AHA Quality: Remote Monitoring May Improve Heart Failure Outcomes

BALTIMORE --When heart failure patients do a daily home self-assessment of vital signs that is automatically sent by phone to physicians, the likelihood of hospital readmissions and emergency room visits tends to be reduced, a preliminary study suggested. full story

http://www.medpagetoday.com/Cardiology/CHF/tb/9327

Decline in Heart Disease Deaths in Women Leveling Off

OXFORD, England -- The rate of decline in coronary heart disease mortality is slowing considerably for women younger than 50, according to trends reported by researchers here. full story

http://www.medpagetoday.com/Cardiology/CoronaryArteryDisease/tb/9326

AGS: Long-Term Proton Pump Inhibitor Use Does Not Reduce Vitamin B12 Absorption

WASHINGTON -- Long-term use of proton pump inhibitors did not adversely impact vitamin B12 status, researchers here reported. full story

http://www.medpagetoday.com/MeetingCoverage/AGS/tb/9325

AHA Quality: More Attention to Palliative Care Suggested for Heart Failure Patients

BALTIMORE -- Patients with heart failure have symptom and psychoemotional burdens similar to those of cancer patients, according to a study reported here. full story

http://www.medpagetoday.com/Cardiology/CHF/tb/9324

AHA Quality: Educating Patients and Providers Boosts BP Control

BALTIMORE -- More patients were able to control their hypertension after an education program targeting both patients and healthcare providers, a researcher said here. full story

http://www.medpagetoday.com/Cardiology/Hypertension/tb/9322

No Doctor Glut Found in Medical School Enrollment Projections

WASHINGTON -- By the 2012 academic year, U.S. allopathic medical school enrollment will have grown 21% from 2002, according to an estimate by the Association of American Medical Colleges. This represents about 3,500 more students a year, which AAMC calls a shortfall. full story

http://www.medpagetoday.com/PublicHealthPolicy/HealthPolicy/tb/9321

Pain a Part of Daily Life for One in Four

PRINCETON, N.J. -- More than a quarter of all Americans are in pain at any given time during the day, particularly those with lower income and less education, researchers said. full story

http://www.medpagetoday.com/PainManagement/PainManagement/tb/9320

Few Liver Graft Patients With Renal Insufficiency Need Kidney Too

PHILADELPHIA -- Most patients with impaired renal function awaiting a liver transplant probably won’t need a kidney graft as well, researchers here reported. full story

http://www.medpagetoday.com/Gastroenterology/LiverTransplantation/tb/9319

CSF Pressure Lower in Glaucoma Patients

DURHAM, N.C. -- Cerebrospinal fluid pressure was a third lower in patients with primary open-angle glaucoma than in those who did not have the condition, researchers here found. full story

http://www.medpagetoday.com/Ophthalmology/Glaucoma/tb/9318

AHA Quality: Many Reasons Acute MI Goes Unrecognized in Young Women

WASHINGTON -- Not only are young women less likely to think "heart attack" when symptoms occur, but their physicians may be, too, researchers found. full story

http://www.medpagetoday.com/Cardiology/MyocardialInfarction/tb/9302

APA Session on Homosexuality ’Therapy’ Canceled in Acrimony
WASHINGTON -- A symposium on the ethics of "therapies" for homosexuality was canceled on the eve of next week’s American Psychiatric Association meeting after a key participant withdrew. full story

http://www.medpagetoday.com/MeetingCoverage/APA/tb/9317

CME SPOTLIGHT

Emerging Patient Challenges in COPD: Interactive Case Simulator
Designed for primary care clinicians. This case-based CME activity provides a virtual learning experience, allowing participants to order diagnostic tests, prescribe drugs, diagnose and develop new treatment strategies; simulating clinical practice.
Source: CASIVUS [more]

Controversies and Consensus in the Management of HIV: Interactive Debates
Are NNRTI- or PI-based regimens the best choice for initial ARV therapy? If a patient is failing therapy, when should you switch? Do treatment experienced patients require 2 or 3 active ARV agents? Join us for thoughtful debates and lively discussion led by a panel of HIV experts.
Source: AdvancMed [more]

neuroscienceCME Journal Club
Trouble keeping up with the latest findings from the clinical literature? neuroscienceCME Journal Club can help. Hear leading authors talk about just-published articles, and then answer your questions. Hosted by Thomas Roth, PhD.
Source: CME Outfitters [more]

Taking the Path of Least Resistance to Improved Clinical Outcomes from Surgical Site Infections
Join Dr. Sawyer for an innovative and in-depth CME-certified Activity on taking the path of least resistance to improve clinical outcomes from surgical site infections.
Source: CME Enterprise [more]

Novel Insights Into Cardiometabolic Disease
Hypertension is a major risk factor for the development of both cardiovascular and renal disease in patients with diabetes. The following certified webcast offers cardiometabolic disease management strategies that can be applied across diverse patient populations.
Source: SciMed New York [more]

Managing the Symptomatic Menopausal Patient in Primary Care: A Case-Based Approach
This interactive CME activity provides practical recommendations and the latest clinical evidence to improve the personalized care a women receives during menopause.
Source: Interstate Postgraduate Medical Association and MEV Healthcom, Inc. [more]

A Customized Approach to the Management of Hepatitis B Viral Infection
This CME journal supplement is case-based and provides practical approaches to halting the natural history of HBV infection, to tailoring HBV therapy, and to treating pregnant or immunosuppressed patients infected with HBV.
Source: AdvancMed [more]

Who Moved My PEG? The Changing Future of Anti-HCV Therapy
This CME webcast provides information on HCV epidemiology and disease burden, goals for treatment success, methods for minimizing treatment resistance and current and emerging approaches to anti-HCV therapy.
Source: Projects In Knowledge [more]

Impact of ADHD and Its Treatment on Substance Abuse
Join Dr. Timothy Wilens in an in-depth CME activity as he discusses emerging data on the impact of ADHD and its treatment on substance use disorder, especially as related to adolescents and adults.
Source: The Physicians Academy For Clinical and Management Excellence [more]

NEEDS ASSESSMENT

Developments in the Field of Advanced Renal Cell Carcinoma
Share your opinion. It matters.

Drs. Robert J. Motzer, Robert A. Figlin, Daniel J. George, and Brian I. Rini invite you to share your opinion in this short survey to help shape the content of an upcoming CME activity on advanced renal cell carcinoma. Thank you in advance for your valuable feedback. Source: Scepter [more]

JOURNAL DOWNLOADS

Efficacy Data for CTCL Published in JCO
Efficacy Data for CTCL Published in JCO. Source: Merck. [more]

First-line SUTENT® data recently published in NEJM
Read first-line SUTENT data in the New England Journal of Medicine. Get it at SUTENThcp.com Source: Pfizer [more]

RESOURCES

Review safety, efficacy and PIs for Pfizer oncology medicines; search clinical trials, review pipeline, and more
Visit PfizerOncology.com to access the latest reprints, slides, and other resources, organized by tumor type; efficacy, safety, and dosing for Pfizer oncology drugs; current oncology news; clinical trials suitable for your patients; and more. Source: Pfizer [more]

Find comprehensive, up-to-date information about clinical trials in oncology with TrialTrove?
Visit www.rocheexchange.com to access TrialTrove™, a real-time global oncology clinical trials database. For your convenience, each trial summary describes the study design, inclusion and exclusion criteria, and where the research is being conducted. Source: Roche [more]

Frequently painful. Potentially severe. Learn why your patients may be at risk.
Zoster: How Many of your patients are at risk? Source: Merck [more]

View product information to discover more about sequential therapy in early breast cancer
Efficacy ? Safety ? Dosing ? Key reprints ? Materials and tools ? Easy-to-read prescribing information ? Patient educational materials Source: Pfizer [more]

Explore the Possibilities in Type 2 Diabetes.
Type 2 diabetes studies: Understand mechanism of action for a different treatment option. Learn more today. Source: Merck [more]

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Is ECG a Plus Before ADHD Therapy?
The American Heart Association has said it’s reasonable to do a baseline ECG before starting children on stimulant therapy for ADHD. Vote

ASE Meeting

ASE: Nurses Can Do Stress Echocardiograms Safely

ASE: Vascular Ultrasound Finds Unsuspected Arterial Plaque

EASD Meeting

EASD: Insulin Detemir (Levemir) Provides Good Control Long Term

ASCO Breast Meeting

ASCO Breast: Lymphedema Diagnosis Should Take Patient Perception into Account

AGS Meeting

AGS: Protocol-Driven Team Care Improves Health of Low-Income Elderly

AGS: Improper Antihistamine Use Common in Older Adults

Get tools, resources & information about Gleevec matching the experience of attendees of the 2007 ASH Annual Meeting.

Did you miss the Gleevec booth at the 2007 ASH Meeting? Get tools, resources and information about Gleevec via a fully interactive virtual exhibit booth, matching the experience of attendees of the 2007 ASH Annual Meeting.

Source: Novartis Oncology.

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