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Does a low-fat diet help prevent breast cancer?
(Family Physicians Inquiries Network, 2007)
No. Studies show no evidence that reducing dietary fat decreases a woman's risk of developing postmenopausal breast cancer within the subsequent 14 years (strength of recommendation [SOR]: B, based on large heterogeneous ...
How should you treat Candida vaginitis in patients on antibiotics?
(Family Physicians Inquiries Network, 2007)
Oral and intravaginal antifungals for the treatment of uncomplicated vulvovaginal candidiasis (VVC) have similar effectiveness (strength of recommendation [SOR]: A, systematic review). However, no randomized controlled ...
History, exam, and labs: Is one enough to diagnose acute adult appendicitis?
(Family Physicians Inquiries Network, 2007)
No, none of the 3--history, exam, or labs-- is sufficiently accurate to diagnose acute appendicitis (strength of recommendation [SOR]: A, based on meta-analysis of high- quality studies). When combined, the following tests ...
Monitoring Therapy for Patients with Alzheimer's Disease
(Family Physicians Inquiries Network, 2007)
Patients with Alzheimer's disease who undergo treatment of any kind should be monitored eight weeks after initiation of therapy and at least every six months thereafter. (Strength of Recommendation: C, based on expert ...
Treatment of Acute Sciatica
(Family Physicians Inquiries Network, 2007)
In patients with acute sciatica, bed rest and advice to stay active have similar outcomes on their functional status and perceived improvement. (Strength of Recommendation [SOR]: A) Spinal manipulation increases improvement ...
Treatment of Impetigo
(Family Physicians Inquiries Network, 2007)
Topical mupirocin (Bactroban) and fusidic acid (not available in the United States) are more effective than placebo and at least as effective as oral antibiotics for the treatment of limited impetigo, and are better ...
What is the best way to evaluate secondary infertility?
(Family Physicians Inquiries Network, 2007)
The work-up for secondary infertility--the inability to conceive after 1 year of regular unprotected intercourse for a couple who have previously had a child--should include a history and physical exam for both patients, ...
What's the best treatment for cradle cap?
(Family Physicians Inquiries Network, 2007)
Ketoconazole (Nizoral) shampoo appears to be a safe and efficacious treatment for infants with cradle cap (strength of recommendation [SOR]: C, consensus, usual practice, opinion, disease-oriented evidence, and case series). ...
What's the best way to screen for anxiety and panic disorders?
(Family Physicians Inquiries Network, 2007)
The GAD-7 has the best evidence and utility in the primary care setting for generalized anxiety disorder (strength of recommendation [SOR]: A), while the proprietary Quick PsychoDiagnostics Panel (QPD) has the best operating ...
Proteomic identification of PKC-mediated expression of 20E-induced protein in Drosophila melanogaster
(ACS, 2007)
Ecdysone receptor (EcR) and its heterodimeric partner, ultraspiracle protein (USP), are nuclear receptors that mediate the action of the insect molting hormone 20-hydroxyecdysone (20E). There is evidence that the activity ...
Prostaglandins A1 and E1 influence gene expression in an established insect cell line (BCIRL-HzAM1 cells)
(Elsevier, 2007)
Prostaglandins (PGs) and other eicosanoids exert important physiological actions in insects and other invertebrates, including influencing ion transport and mediating cellular immune defense functions. Although these actions ...
Ubiquity of simplices in subsets of vector spaces over finite fields
(2007)
We prove that a sufficiently large subset of the $d$-dimensional vector space over a finite field with $q$ elements, $ {\Bbb F}_q^d$, contains a copy of every $k$-simplex. Fourier analytic methods, Kloosterman sums, and ...
Sums and products in finite fields: an integral geometric viewpoint
(2007)
We prove that if $A \subset {\Bbb F}_q$ is such that $$|A|>q^{{1/2}+\frac{1}{2d}},$$ then $${\Bbb F}_q^{*} \subset dA^2=A^2+...+A^2 d \text{times},$$ where $$A^2=\{a \cdot a': a,a' \in A\},$$ and where ${\Bbb F}_q^{*}$ ...
Development and assessment of scoring functions for protein identification using PMF data
(Wiley-VCH, 2007)
PMF is one of the major methods for protein identification using the MS technology. It is faster and cheaper than MS/MS. Although PMF does not differentiate trypsin-digested peptides of identical mass, which makes it less ...
Guest and ligand behavior in zinc-seamed pyrogallol[4]arene molecular capsules
(Wiley-VCH, 2007)
Not just an inside job: Encapsulated and confined in an octanuclear zinc-seamed pyrogallol[4]arene molecular capsule, a guest of choice can act as a reporter for electronic communication between the exterior and the interior ...
Instructional Practices Inventory: Using a Student Learning Assessment to Foster Organizational Learning
(2007-12)
This manuscript describes the IPI data collection categories, the use of those categories to support school-wide instructional change, and data findings from schools of various types that have used the IPI.
Evaluation of Apparent Life-Threatening Events in Infants
(Family Physicians Inquiries Network, 2007)
A comprehensive, detailed history and physical examination with pulse oximetry and nondilated funduscopy (to look for traumatic retinal hemorrhage) helps to determine the underlying etiology of an apparent life-threatening ...
Group Medical Visits for the Management of Chronic Pain
(Family Physicians Inquiries Network, 2007)
Improvements of possible practical significance were seen for various clinical measures in studies of group treatment sessions for patients with back pain, arthritis, and rheumatic disease. However, studies on group treatment ...
Which Lipoprotein Measurements Are Clinically Useful?
(Family Physicians Inquiries Network, 2007)
Emerging lipid risk factors for cardiovascular disease include lipoprotein remnants, lipoprotein (a), small LDL particles, HDL subspecies, apolipoprotein B, apolipoprotein A-I, and oxidized LDL. Measurement of these levels ...
Angiotensin Blockade in Patients with Diabetic Nephropathy
(Family Physicians Inquiries Network, 2007)
When used to delay the progression of early nephropathy in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus, angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs) are not superior to angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors. (Strength of ...