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Volume 20, Issue 19
October 1, 2009

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Good News and Bad News About 2009 H1N1 Influenza ("Swine Flu")
N Engl J Med 2009 Sep 10; [e-pub ahead of print].
http://dx.doi.org/10.1056/NEJMoa0906453
http://dx.doi.org/10.1056/NEJMoa0907650
http://dx.doi.org/10.1056/NEJMoa0907413

Pandemic Influenza A (H1N1) Virus ("Swine Flu") Probably Is More 
Virulent Than Seasonal Flu Virus
Nature 2009 Aug 20; 460:1021.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nature08260

Clinical Practice Guideline Watch: Primary Care for HIV-Positive Patients
Clin Infect Dis 2009 Sep 1; 49:651.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/605292

Corticosteroids, Antivirals, Both, or Neither for Bell Palsy?
JAMA 2009 Sep 2; 302:985.
JAMA 2009 Sep 2; 302:1003.

Cost and Quality of Care at Retail Clinics
Ann Intern Med 2009 Sep 1; 151:321.

Interview with: Ateev Mehrotra, MD
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Mediterranean Diet Can Lower Need for Antihyperglycemic Medication 
in Type 2 Diabetes
Ann Intern Med 2009 Sep 1; 151:306.

Sex Differences in ACS Mortality
JAMA 2009 Aug 26; 302:874.

Intervention for Non–ST-Segment-Elevation Acs: What Difference Does a Day Make?
JAMA 2009 Sep 2; 302:947.

SPECIAL FEATURE: "Timing Hypothesis" for Hormone Therapy – Still Viable, or Time to Let Go?
JAMA 2002 Jul 17; 288:321.
JAMA 2004 Apr 14; 291:1701.
JAMA 2007 Apr 4; 297:1465.
Am J Epidemiol 2007 Sep 1; 166:506, 511.
Am J Epidemiol 2009 Jul 1; 170:12, 24.
http://www.clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT00154180
http://www.clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT00114517

Evaluating Syncopal Episodes in Elders
Arch Intern Med 2009 Jul 27; 169:1299.
http://general-medicine.jwatch.org/articles/JO2009091701.jpg

Inhaled Steroids in COPD: Is Risk for Pneumonia Really Higher?
Lancet 2009 Aug 29; 374:712.
Lancet 2009 Aug 29; 374:668.

Physician Recommendations to Limit Life Support – What Do Surrogates Want?
Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2009 Aug 15; 180:320.

Interview with: Douglas White, MD
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

How Old Are U.S. Teens at First Intercourse?
Contraception 2009 Aug; 80:158.

A New Treatment for Head Lice
Pediatrics 2009 Sep; 124:e389.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1542/peds.2008-3762

Mutation Shortens Length of Sleep
Science 2009 Aug 14; 325:866.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1174443


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