Postgraduate Medicine is now accepting manuscripts for the following topics:

July 2010
Clinical Focus: Neurological Disorders and Depression
Submission deadline: 5/31/2010
Fast-Track deadline: 6/15/2010
Published: 7/15/2010
Bonus distribution:
American Neurological Association, San Francisco, CA, United (September 12-15, 2010)

• Depression
• Anxiety disorders
• Bipolar disorder
• Sleep disorders
• New drug indications
• Central nervous system disorders
• Alzheimer's disease
• Parkinson's disease
• Dementia
• Migraines
• Multiple sclerosis
• Restless legs syndrome
• Neurotransmitters
• Insomnia
• Stroke drugs: new developments
• Stroke guidelines
• Antiplatelet therapy
• Lower back pain and the use of opioids
• Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder
• Chronic pain
• Advances in molecular biology, immune therapy, stem cell therapeutics, and drug delivery systems

September 2010
Clinical Focus: ADHD, Allergies, Immunization, and Diabetes
Submission deadline: 8/02/2010
Fast-Track deadline: 8/10/2010
Published: 9/15/2010
Bonus distribution:
American Academy of Family Physicians, Denver, CO, United (September 29 - October 02, 2010)
American College of Allergy, Asthma, & Immunology, Phoenix, AZ, United (November 12-18, 2010)

• Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder:
  • ADHD
    • Treating children, adolescents, and adults
    • Pharmacotherapy options
    • Switching medication dosages
    • Treating ADHD in patients with concomitant disorders
    • Clinical trial developments
  • Oppositional defiant disorder
• Immunization and pediatrics:
  • Vaccinations for infants, children, and adults:
    • HPV
    • Meningococcal
    • Influenza
  • Physical examinations for back-to-school
  • Allergy medications
  • Treating asthma in children and adolescents
• Diabetes:
  • Juvenile diabetes
  • New drug developments for type 1 and type 2 diabetes
  • Pen devices
  • Managing diabetes in patients with concomitant disorders:
    • Obesity
    • Metabolic syndrome
    • Cardiovascular disease
    • Chronic kidney disease
    • Hypertension
  • Clinical trials, DPP-4 inhibitors, and investigational drugs
  • Diabetes in different patient populations:
    • African Americans
    • Hispanics
  • Diabetic complications:
    • Hypoglycemia
    • Macrovascular
    • Nephropathy Ocular

November 2010
Clinical Focus: Drug Resistance, Renal Disease, and Hypertension
Submission deadline: 10/04/2010
Fast-Track deadline: 10/13/2010
Published: 11/15/2010
Bonus distribution:
American College of Allergy, Asthma, & Immunology, Phoenix, AZ, United (November 12-18, 2010)
American Heart Association, Chicago, IL, United (November 13-17, 2010)

• Drug resistance:
  • Antibiotic resistance
  • MRSA
  • Community-acquired infections
  • Drug resistance in immunocompromised patients
• Renal disease:
  • End-stage renal disease
  • Renal failure
  • Renal disease in patients with hypertension
  • Acquired cystic kidney disease
  • Anemia in renal disease and dialysis
  • Diet and nutrition for hemodialysis
  • Erectile dysfunction in patients with renal disease
  • Growth failure in children with renal disease
  • Incontinence
  • Renal disease in patients with diabetes
  • Renal disease in children
  • Overactive bladder
  • Polycystic kidney disease
  • Stress incontinence
  • Urinary incontinence in children
• Hypertension and Cardiovascular Disorders:
  • Hypertension in different patient populations
  • Lifestyle modifications for patients with hypertension
  • Hypertensive emergencies
  • Treatment of hypertension in obese patients
  • Sleep-disordered breathing and hypertension
  • Implications of recent clinical cardiovascular trials for daily practice
  • Ectopic fat and cardiovascular disease
  • New-onset heart failure: worsening epidemic
  • Sleep-disordered breathing as a cardiovascular risk factor
  • Patient nonadherence and effect on clinical practice
  • Successful lifestyle changes for cardiovascular risk reduction
  • Imaging of vulnerable plaque and atherosclerosis
  • Molecular imaging of vascular disease
  • Genetics of PAD
  • Managing asymptomatic aortic stenosis
  • Limiting myocardial infarct size
  • Controversies in acute stroke care
  • Surgical therapies for heart failure
  • Improving outcomes after cardiac arrest
  • Heart failure with preserved systolic function
  • Current choices in PCI pharmacology
  • Diagnosis and treatment of thoracic aortic disease
  • Drugs in ACS
  • Cardiovascular complications of recreational drugs
  • Management of ischemic heart disease in high-risk populations
  • Improving survival from cardiac arrest
  • Imaging of cardiac risk in patients with diabetes