Alopecia in general medicine

Persian medicine information needs of general practitioners in Isfahan city

Introduction: To improve the capabilities of general practitioners (GPs), who constitute an essential segment of the healthcare system in Iran, it is necessary to identify their information needs about Persian medicine. This survey-based study aimed primarily to determine the information needs of GPs in Isfahan city about Persian medicine, and secondarily to evaluate the assocaition between the...

[General medicine].

Malaria and Enteric fever (Typhoid) are common causes of fevers in many parts of Andhra Pradesh. North Coastal Andhra Pradesh districts reported maximum deaths due to Malaria in the past decade, and the figure is unlikely to change in future. Recently, the incidence of Dengue fevers is on the rise in these regions. Co infection with Malaria and Dengue is reported in literature from many parts o...

Preventive Medicine in General Practice

setting for prevention (9), (10); the general practitioner has frequent contact with the majority of a defined population, including those at risk. He or she is perceived as credible and trustworthy, communicates on a one to one basis with the patient and is supported by a primary care team. The potential for preventive medicine in general practice is beginning to be explored (11)?(15). Despite...

Update in general internal medicine.

Update in general internal medicine.

The big news in women’s health in 2002 came from the Women’s Health Initiative (WHI) report, which found that combined hormone replacement therapy (HRT) (estrogen plus progestin) exposes postmenopausal women to more risk than benefit. Before this report, most observational studies showed that HRT decreased risk for heart disease by as much as 35%. In retrospect, however, many of these studies d...