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WEEKLY ARTICLES

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Week 1

"Million-Dollar Murray: Why problems like homelessness may be easier to solve than manage." Gladwell, M., The New Yorker, February 13, 2006.

"The Seventh Report of the Joint National Committee on Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Pressure", JAMA, May 31, 2003, Vol 289, Number 19

"Unstable Angina Pectoris", Yeghiazarians, Y, M.D., Braunstein, J, M.D., Askari, A, M.D., and Stone, P, M.D., The New England Journal of Medicine, January 13, 2000, Volume 342, Number 2, pages 101-114.

"Acute Pulmonary Embolism", Victor F. Tapson, M.D., New England Journal of Medicine 2008;358:1037-52.

"Role of medical students in preventing patient harm and enhancing patient safety", S C Seiden, C Galvan, R Lamm, Qual Saf Health Care 2006; 15:272-276.

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Week 2

"Evaluation of the Patient with Acute Chest Pain", Lee, Thomas H., M.D., Goldman, L, M.D., M.P.H., The New England Journal of Medicine, April 20, 2000, Volume 342, Number 16, pages 1187 - 1195.

"Heart Failure", Mariell Jessup, M.D., and Susan Brozena, M.D., The New England Journal of Medicine, 2003;348:2007-18.

"Newly Diagnosed Atrial Fibrillation", Page, Richard L, MD, New England Journal of Medicine, December 2, 2004;2324082016.

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Week 3

"Acute Oliguria", Saulo Klahr, MD, and Steven B. Miller, MD, The New England Journal of Medicine, March 5, 1998, Volume 338 Number 10, 671-675.

"Diuretic Therapy", Brater,D. Craig, M.D., The New England Journal of Medicine, August 6, 1998, Volume 339, Number 6, pages 387 - 395.

"Hyponatremia", Adrogue, Horacio J., M.D., Madias, Nicholas E., M.D., The New England Journal of Medicine, May 25, 2000, Volume 342, Number 21, pages 1581 - 1589.

"Hypernatremia", Adrogue, Horacio J., M.D., Madias, Nicholas E., M.D., The New England Journal of Medicine, May 18, 2000, Volume 342 Number 20 1493 - 1500.

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Week 4

"Update on the Management of Hyperthyroidism and Hypothyroidism", Kennth A. Woeber, MD, FRCPE, Arch Intern Med. 2000; 160:1067-1071.

"Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: Update on Diagnosis, Pathophysiology, and Treatment", Ricahrd J. Mahler, Michael L. Adler, The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, 1999, Vol. 84, No. 4, 1165-1171

"Evidence-based therapy for type 2 diabetes", Flemmer, Mark C., M.D., Vinik, Aaron I., M.D., Ph.D., Postgraduate Medicine, May 1, 2000, Volume 107, Number 5, pages 27 - 47.

"The Thyroid Nodule", Laszlo Hegedüs, M.D., N Eng J Med 2004;351:1764-71.

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Week 5

"Acute Bronchitis", Richard P. Wenzel, M.D., and Alpha A. Fowler III, M.D., The New England Journal of Medicine, 2006;355:2125-30.

"Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease", Barnes, Peter J., D.Sc., The New England Journal of Medicine, July 27, 2000, Volume 343, Number 4, pages 269 - 280.

"Management of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease", E. Rand Sutherland, M.D., M.P.H., and Reuben M. Cherniack, M.D., N Engl J Med 2004;350:2689-97.

"Aspiration Pneumonitis And Aspiration Pneumonia", Marik, Paul E., M.B., .B.Ch., The New England Journal of Medicine, March 1, 2001, Volume 344, Number 9, pages 665 - 671.

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Week 6

"Contagious Acute Gastrointestinal Infections", Musher D.M., M.D., Musher, B.L., M.D., The New England Journal of Medicine, 2004; 351:2417-27

"Evaluation of Abnormal Liver-Enzyme Results in Asymptomatic Patients", Pratt, DS, M.D., Kaplan, MM, M.D., The New England Journal of Medicine, April 27, 2000, Volume 342, Number 17, pages 1266 - 1271.

"Hereditary Hemochromatosis — A New Look at an Old Disease", Antonello Pietrangelo, M.D., Ph.D., N Engl J Med 2004;350:2383-97.

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Week 7

"The Management of Gout", Emmerson, Bryan, M.D., Ph.D., The New England Journal of Medicine, February 15, 1996, Volume 334, Number 7, pages 445 - 451.

"Rational Use of New and Existing Disease-Modifying Agents in Rheumatoid Arthritis", Kremer, Joel, M.D., Annals of Internal Medicine, April 17, 2001, Volume 134, Number 8, pages 695-706.

"Drug Treatment of Lipid Disorders", Robert Knopp, MD, The New England Journal of Medicine, August 12, 1999, Volume 341 Number 7, 498-511

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Week 8

"The Pathophysiology and Treatment of Sepsis", Richard S. Hotchkiss, M.D., and Irene E. Karl, Ph.D., The New England Journal of Medicine, 348;2, January 9, 2003, 138-150.

"Management of Urinary Tract Infections in Adults", Stamm, Walter E., M.D., Hooton, Thomas M., M.D., The New England Journal of Medicine, October 28, 1993, Volume 329, Number 18, pages 1328 -1334.

"Cellulitis", Morton N. Swartz, M.D., N Engl J Med 2004;350:904-12.

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Week 9

"Syncope", Kapoor, Wishwa N., M.D., M.P.H., The New England Journal of Medicine, December 21, 2000, Volume 343, Number 25, pages 1856 - 1862.

"Managing Depression in Medical Outpatients", Whooley, Mary, M.D., Simon, Gregory, M.D., M.P.H., The New England Journal of Medicine, December 28, 2000, Volume 343, Number 26, pages 1942 - 1950.

"Migraine - Current Understanding and Treatment", Peter J. Goadsby, MD, DSC, Richard B. Lipton, MD, and Michael D. Ferrari, MD, PhD, N Engl J Med, Vol. 346, No. 4, January 24, 2002, 257-270

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Week 10

"Pernicious Anemia", Ban-hock Toh, MB, BS, DSC, Ian R. VanDriel, PhD, and Paul A. Gleeson, PhD, The New England Journal of Medicine, November 13, 1997, Volume 337 Number 20,1441-1448

"Disorders of Iron Metabolism", Nancy C. Andrews, MD, PhD, The New England Journal of Medicine, December 23, 1999, Volume 341 Number 26, 1986-1995.

"Anemia of Chronic Disease", Guenter Weiss, M.D., and Lawrence T. Goodnough, M.D., The New England Journal of Medicine, 2005;352:1011-23.

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Other Valuable Articles

"Drugs for Pain", The Medical Letter, Inc., Vol. 5 (Issue 56) April 2007

"The Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome", Lorraine B. Ware, MD, and Michael A.Matthay, MD, The New England Journal of Medicine, May 4, 2000, Volume 342 Number 18, 1334-1349.

"Treatment of Acute Ischemic Stroke", Brott, Thomas, M.D., Bogousslavsky, Julien, M.D., The New England Journal of Medicine, September 7, 2000, Volume 343, Number 10, pages 710 - 722.

"Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation", Marcel Levi MD, and Hugo Ten Cate MD, The New England Journal of Medicine, August 19, 1999, Volume 341 Number 8, 586-592

"Treatment of Bacterial Meningitis", Quagliarello, Vincent, M.D., Scheld, W. Michael, M.D., The New England Journal of Medicine, March 6, 1997, Volume 336, Number 10, pages 708 - 716.

"Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia", Nicholas Chiorazzi, M.D., Kanti R. Rai, M.B., B.S., and Manlio Ferrarini, M.D., N Engl J Med 2005;352:804-15.

"Bell’s Palsy", Donald H. Gilden, M.D., N Engl J Med 2004;351:1323-31.

"Autoimmune Hepatitis", Edward Krawitt, MD, N Engl J Med 2006;354:54-66.

"Lumbar Puncture", Miles S. Ellenby, M.D., Ken Tegtmeyer, M.D., Susanna Lai, M.P.H.,
and Dana A.V. Braner, M.D., N Engl J Med 2006;355:e12. Video

"Paracentesis", Thomsen, T., Shaffer, R., White, B., and Setnik, G., The New England Journal of Medicine, November 9, 2006; 355; e21. Video

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