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Volume 20, Issue 04
February 15, 2009

The following is a list of articles summarized on this issue of Journal Watch Audio. If you would like to hear the contents and/or earn CME/CE credit, simply visit the Audio-Digest Foundation website

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Rosiglitazone, Pioglitazone, and Fractures: A Meta-Analysis
CMAJ 2009 Jan 6; 180:32.

Clinical Practice Guideline Watch: Qtc Screening When Prescribing Methadone
Ann Intern Med 2009 Jan 20; [e-pub ahead of print].
www.annals.org/cgi/content/full/0000605-200903170-00103v1

Interview with: Mori Krantz, MD
Colorado Prevention Center
Denver, Colorado.

Identifying Low-Risk Upper GI Bleeds for Safe Outpatient Management
Lancet 2009 Jan 3; 373:42.

Laparoscopic Fundoplication for Chronic GERD
BMJ 2008 Dec 15; 337:a2664.
www.//dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmj.a2664

New Class of Drugs for Acute Migraine
Lancet 2008 Dec 20; 372:2115.
Lancet 2008 Dec 20; 372:2089.

Cumulative Live-Birth Rates After IVF
N Engl J Med 2009 Jan 15; 360:236.

How Common Are Complications in Women Who Donate Oocytes?
Fertil Steril 2008 Dec; 90:2165.

Does Premenopausal Bilateral Oophorectomy Confer Excess Cardiovascular Mortality?
Menopause 2009 Jan/Feb; 16:15.
Menopause 2009 Jan/Feb; 16:1.

Hysterectomy After Endometrial Ablation is Less Likely in Older Women
Obstet Gynecol 2008 Dec; 112:1214.

Benefits of Antidepressants in Fibromyalgia
JAMA 2009 Jan 14; 301:198.

In Finland, Fewer Suicides in Areas with Diversified Outpatient Mental Health Services
Lancet 2009 Jan 10; 373:147.

Modest Weight Loss Benefits Obese Women with Incontinence
N Engl J Med 2009 Jan 29; 360:481.

Interview with: Leslee Subak, MD
University of California, San Francisco

Mammography Surveillance for Childhood Cancer Survivors
JAMA 2009 Jan 28; 301:404.

Routine Clinical vs. Telephone Follow-Up After Treatment for Breast Cancer
BMJ 2009 Jan 14; 338:a3147.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmj.a3147

Correct Clinical Diagnosis of Acute Vulvovaginitis
Obstet Gynecol 2009 Jan; 113:89.

Pneumococcal Polysaccharide Vaccine: Efficacy Remains Controversial
CMAJ 2009 Jan 6; 180:48.
CMAJ 2009 Jan 6; 180:18.
www.who.int/wer/2008/wer8342.pdf

BNP-Guided Heart Failure Therapy: Not for Everyone
JAMA 2009 Jan 28; 301:383.

Effects of Fish Oil on Cardiac Arrhythmias and Death
BMJ 2008 Dec 23; 338:a2931.
www.//dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmj.a2931

Clopidogrel Before Bypass Surgery – What Are the Risks?
J Am Coll Cardiol 2008 Nov 18; 52:1693.

Treatment for Children with Viral-Induced Wheeze
J Allergy Clin Immunol 2008 Dec; 122:1127.
N Engl J Med 2009 Jan 22; 360:339.
N Engl J Med 2009 Jan 22; 360:329.
N Engl J Med 2009 Jan 22; 360:409.

Stimulation of Antioxidants Protects Against Emphysema in Mice
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2009 Jan 6; 106:250.

Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells Help Researchers Study Spinal Muscular Atrophy
Nature 2009 Jan 15; 457:277.
Nature 2009 Jan 15; 457:269.


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