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VOL 106 / NO 2 / AUGUST 1999 / POSTGRADUATE MEDICINE

SYMPOSIUM ON EMERGING INFECTIONS

EMERGING INFECTIONS
Introduction to a three-article symposium
Michael T. Osterholm, PhD, MPHD

ADDRESSING EMERGING INFECTIONS
The partnership between public health and primary care physicians
Richard N. Danila, PhD, MPH, Catherine Lexau, MPH, Ruth Lynfield, MD, Kristine A. Moore, MD, MPH, Michael T. Osterholm, PhD, MPH

FOOD-BORNE DISEASE IN THE 21ST CENTURY
What challenges await us?
Jeffrey B. Bender, DVM, MS, Kirk E. Smith, DVM, PhD, Craig Hedberg, PhD, Michael T. Osterholm, PhD, MPH

THE MEDICAL IMPACT OF A BIOTERRORIST ATTACK
Is it all media hype or clearly a potential nightmare?
Michael T. Osterholm, PhD, MPH

CLINICAL ARTICLES

MEDICAL AND SURGICAL TREATMENT OF PARKINSON'S DISEASE
Strategies to slow symptom progression and improve quality of life
Scott C. Conley, MD, Jeffrey T. Kirchner, DO

Procedures in Primary Care
LOCAL ANESTHESIA
Topical application, local infiltration, and field block
Dwight W. Smith, MD, Matthew R. Peterson, MD, Scott C. DeBerard, DO

WEIGHING RISKS IN ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSM
Best repaired in an elective, not an emergency, procedure
Yara Gorski, MD, John J. Ricotta, MD

THE SEARCH FOR MEANING IN MONOCLONAL PROTEIN
Is it multiple myeloma or monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance?
Malcolm L. Brigden, MD

WHAT IS CAUSING YOUR PATIENT'S SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION?
Uncovering a connection with hypertension and antihypertensive therapy
Mahendr S. Kochar, MD, MS, Larisa I. Mazur, MD, Amar Patel, BA

CAN YOU SPOT THE SIGNS OF ELDER MISTREATMENT?
Recognition is the first step to preventing tragedy
Maj Robert M. Kruger, USAF, MC, Capt Christopher H. Moon, USA, MC

CONTINUING FEATURES

EDITOR'S NOTE
Small world, big challenges

EDITORIAL
Regaining control of your practice
Physician empowerment through active 'followership'
Thomas Mayer, MD, MBA

DIGITAL DOC
What you'll need to give all-electronic presentations
Slide shows are giving way to video clips and sound
Bryan P. Bergeron, MD

CURBSIDE CONSULTS
Antibiotic needed in quadriplegic patient?
Intermittent prednisone adequate for arthritis and lupus?

PEARLS IN DERMATOLOGY
'Two feet-one hand' syndrome
A recurring infection with a peculiar connection
Prashant Singri, MD, Robert T. Brodell, MD

PUZZLES IN PRACTICE
A rare cause of breast necrosis
James T. Loynes, MD

PRACTICE PEARLS
Managing medication the easy way - Tricks of the trade for children's exams

PATIENT NOTES
Food-borne illness

READER SERVICES

Staff, Editorial Board

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