Infectious disease remains a significant social and health concern in the United States.
Preventing more people from contracting HIV/AIDS or Hepatitis C (HCV), requires a complex …

Skin and soft tissue infections (SSTIs) are the most common medical complication of injection
drug use in the United States, though little work has been done assessing SSTI treatment …

Context: Pregnant women in rural areas may give birth in either rural or urban hospitals.
Differences in outcomes between rural and urban hospitals may influence patient decision …

Treating chronic pain presents numerous challenges. First, assessing patients with chronic
pain is complicated by the lack of objective measures of pain itself. Chronic pain guidelines …

: The authors discuss the growing need for primary care residents to learn how to care for
patients of many cultural backgrounds. To effectively learn the needed skills, residents must …

BACKGROUND: Upper respiratory tract infection symptoms are a common cause of morbidity.
Herbal preparations of the plant Echinacea purpurea have immune-enhancing properties. …

PURPOSE In 1999 the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) adopted
more-restrictive guidelines for vaginal birth after cesarean delivery (VBAC). This study …

Purpose: Identify census‐derived characteristics of residency graduates' high school
communities that predict practice in rural, medically underserved, and high minority‐population …

Background: Diabetes is widespread among Mexican-Americans, and erectile dysfunction
is a well-recognized complication for which effective treatments are available. Men who …

BACKGROUND Pharmaceutical representatives often give sample medications to physicians
for distribution to patients. In chronic conditions such as hypertension, this practice can …