American Family Physician

A peer-reviewed journal providing continuing medical education for family physicians and primary care physicians. Each issue contains six to eight major articles addressing a wide range of topics, including diagnosis, treatment, clinical studies, and statistics. Emphasis is given to contributions that demonstrate a family medicine perspective and approach to common clinical conditions. Evidence-based guidelines are used and doctors in the field write all articles..

Cost-related underuse of medications.(Tips)
August 15, 2005

Do calcium antagonists help patients with angina pectoris?(POEMs and T...
August 15, 2005

Is there a better model for asthma care?(POEMs and Tips)
August 15, 2005

Stress patterns in parents of chronically ill children.(POEMs and Tips...
August 15, 2005

Endoscopy for nonvariceal upper-GI bleeding.(POEMs and Tips)
August 15, 2005

Improving advance directive completion rates.(POEMs and Tips)
August 15, 2005

Olmesartan (Benicar) for hypertension.(STEPS: New Drug Reviews)
August 15, 2005

Clinical quiz.(continuing medical education)
August 15, 2005

Quantum sufficit: just enough.(reasons Medicare recipients don't take ...
August 15, 2005

AHRQ releases evidence report on managing menopause-related symptoms.(...
August 15, 2005

CDC recommendations on lead poisoning in refugee children.(Practice Gu...
August 15, 2005

AAP policy on caring for immigrant, migrant, and homeless children.(Pr...
August 15, 2005

Determining prognosis for patients with terminal cancer.(Point-of-Care...
August 15, 2005

Annular lesions.(Photo Quiz)(diagnosing erythema annulare centrifugum)
August 15, 2005

Latest Senate EHR bill combines and replaces previous proposals.(Newsl...
August 15, 2005

Agencies collaborate to help patients recover from mental illness.(New...
August 15, 2005

Study: most Americans do not think obesity risks are overestimated.(Ne...
August 15, 2005

NIAAA issues new guide for helping patients who drink too much.(Newsle...
August 15, 2005

Buprenorphine mentoring program for physicians debuts nationwide.(News...
August 15, 2005

AAFP launches online quality-improvement module for CAD care.(Newslett...
August 15, 2005

$3 million awarded to help physicians promote healthy behaviors.(Newsl...
August 15, 2005

AFP welcomes two editorial fellows to the team.(Inside AFP)(American F...
August 15, 2005

Osteopathic physicians and the family medicine workforce.(Graham Cente...
August 15, 2005

Integrating risk history screening and HCV testing into clinical and p...
August 15, 2005

Screening for HCV infection: understanding the USPSTF recommendation.(...
August 15, 2005

Diary: from a week in practice.
August 15, 2005

Patient-choice cesarean delivery.(Curbside Consultation)
August 15, 2005

CME calendar.(Calendar)
August 15, 2005

Courses outside the United States.(Calendar)
August 15, 2005

Cruises.(Calendar)
August 15, 2005

International FP/GP meetings.(Calendar)
August 15, 2005

Annual Scientific Assemblies.(Calendar)
August 15, 2005

Screening for pancreatic cancer: recommendation statement.(U.S. Preven...
August 15, 2005

Using pegylated interferon and ribavirin to treat patients with chroni...
August 15, 2005

Management of gallstones.
August 15, 2005

Gabapentin plus morphine for the treatment of neuralgia.(POEMs)
August 15, 2005

Vitamin E supplementation may increase risk of heart failure.(POEMs)
August 15, 2005

Warfarin increases mortality in intracranial arterial stenosis.(POEMs ...
August 15, 2005

How do PPIs affect patients with bleeding ulcers?(POEMs and Tips)(prot...
August 15, 2005

PEG tubes worsen quality of life in patients who have had a stroke.(PO...
August 15, 2005

POEMs and EBM glossary.(Patient-Oriented Evidence that Matters and Evi...
August 15, 2005

Hyperthyroidism: diagnosis and treatment.
August 15, 2005

Treating hyperthyroidism.(Information from Your Family Doctor)
August 15, 2005

Cutaneous warts: an evidence-based approach to therapy.
August 15, 2005

Decrease in aneurysm deaths in men with AAA screening.(POEMs and Tips)...
August 15, 2005

Senate leader seeks restrictions on drug advertisements.(Newsletter)(B...
August 01, 2005

Smoking costs U.S. $92 billion per year in lost productivity.(Newslett...
August 01, 2005

Bill would help physicians buy or upgrade EHR technology.(electronic h...
August 01, 2005

Senate subcommittee votes to increase funds for medical schools.(Newsl...
August 01, 2005

Use of dipyridamole in patients with recent stroke or TIA.(transient i...
August 01, 2005

Appropriate Indications for Administration of tPA.(tissue-type plasmin...
August 01, 2005

Who filled first-year family medicine residency positions from 1991 to...
August 01, 2005

The role of literacy in health and health care.(patients with inadequa...
August 01, 2005

Genomic medicine for underserved minority populations in family medici...
August 01, 2005

Diary: from a week in practice.
August 01, 2005

Systemic corticosteroids for acute exacerbations of COPD.(chronic obst...
August 01, 2005

NSAIDs alone or with opioids as therapy for cancer pain.(Cochrane for ...
August 01, 2005

CME calendar.(Calendar)
August 01, 2005

Clinical quiz.
August 01, 2005

Annual scientific assemblies.(Calendar)
August 01, 2005

International FP/GP meetings.(Calendar)
August 01, 2005

Cruises.(Calendar)
August 01, 2005

Courses outside the United States.(Calendar)
August 01, 2005

A 40-year-old man with chronic generalized rash.(Photo Quiz)
August 01, 2005

SAMHSA awards $15.5 million for substance abuse interventions.(Substan...
August 01, 2005

AHRQ finds weight-loss surgeries quadrupled over five-year period.(Age...
August 01, 2005

Health insurance coverage for children increased in 2004.(Newsletter)(...
August 01, 2005

MMR vaccine unrelated to developmental disorders.(measles, mumps, and ...
August 01, 2005

Subcutaneous insulin lispro for treating DKA.(diabetic ketoacidosis)
August 01, 2005

Ultralow-dose estradiol and BMD in postmenopausal women.(Tips)
August 01, 2005

Topiramate treatment in alcohol-dependent patients.(Tips)
August 01, 2005

Nesiritide for CHF may increase mortality risk.(nesiritide (Natrecor) ...
August 01, 2005

Intermittent vs. Continuous therapy for mild asthma.(POEMs)
August 01, 2005

Intensive diet-behavior-physical activity program for obesity in child...
August 01, 2005

Varying effects of lipid drugs on overall mortality rates.(POEMs)
August 01, 2005

More articles from American Family Physician...