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A

Controlled Trial of Selegiline, Alpha-Tocopherol, or both as treatment for Alzheimer's Disease

Angioplasty: What is better for anginal symptoms and prevention of death: Angioplasty or medication?

Asthma: Immunotherapy for Asthma

B

Bronchitis: Albuterol Delivered by Metered-Dose Inhaler to Treat Acute Bronchitis

Bupropion for smoking cessation

C

CAD: Pravastatin for secondary prevention of CAD

CAD: PTCA versus CABG for multivessel CAD

Carvedilol for CHF

CHF: Diuretics for prevention of CHF in elderly hypertensives

Chlamydia screening to prevent PID

Cholesterol: Can an 85 year old black female with CAD, non-Q wave MI x 2 with high cholesterol benefit from antidyslipidemic therapy?

Cholesterol: Primary prevention of cardiovascular events in patients with hypercholesterolemia

Cholesterol: What is the Best Initial Treatment for Elevated LDL?

Congestive heart failure: Is Losartan preferable to Captropril in the treatment of heart failure in the elderly?

Congestive heart failure: Use of diuretic therapy for the prevention of heart failure in the elderly with isolated systolic hypertension

D

Deep vein thromboses: Is compression ultrasound sufficient for diagnosing deep vein thromboses in the outpatient arena?

Diabetic Foot Ulcer - Treatment with GCSF

Diabetic Neuropathy - Treatment with Capsaicin

Does brief discussion in the office during regular appointments have any effect on alcohol consumption?

Does treatment of isolated systole hypertension in the elderly lower the incidence of stroke and coronary disease?

DVT: Ultrasound for diagnosis of outpatient DVT

E

F

G

H

Heparin: Therapy Low Molecular Weight Heparin

Heparin for prevention of thromboembolism among patients admitted with infectious diseases 

HIV: Prevention of HIV conversion after occupational exposure

HIV: What is the risk of HIV seroconversion after occupational exposure and is this modified by post-exposure prophylaxis with zidovudine?

Hormone Replacement Therapy: Effect of HRT on women with a family history of breast cancer

Hormone Replacement Therapy: Is the risk of breast cancer increased in women taking hormone replacement therapy (HRT)?

How does the use of specific reference ranges as opposed to a single reference range make the PSA assay a better test for males of all ages?

Hypertension: Does a high potassium/low sodium diet reduce hypertension?

I

INH: Should we treat patients older than 35 who had a significant positive PPD, but at low risk for TB activation, with INH?

INH for HIV patients with anergic PPDs

Ipratropium (Atrovent) for common cold symptoms

Is pentoxifylline (trental) better than placebo for improving walking distances in patients with vasular claudication?

Is rapid strept testing better than emperic therapy for group A beta-hemolytic steptococcus (GAS)?

Is terazosin or finasteride more effective in the treatment of symptomatic benign prostatic hyperplasia?

Isoniazid for HIV + patients with anergic PPD skin tests

J

K

L

M

Media: Is PET more accurate in staging mediastinal disease than CT scanning?

Migraine: Is prochlorperazine (Compazine) effective for the acute treatment of migraine headache?

Ability of Misoprostal to reduce serious gastrointestinal complications due to chronic NSAID use.

Misoprostal: Does Misoprostal Reduce Serious GI Complications in RA patients taking NSAID's?

N

O

Obesity: Is dexfenfluramine effective in the treatment of obesity?

Osteoporosis: Can bisphosphonates reduce the risk of fracture in osteoporosis?

P

Peri-operative atenolol in patients undergoing non-cardiac surgery

Pneumococcal: Does the use of the pneumococcal vaccine prevent pneumonia in middle aged and elderly people?

Primary Pulmonary Hypertension - risk among users of fenfluramine

Prostate: Effect of treatment on survival in patients with localized prostate cancer

Prostate Cancer (localized) - survival with and without treatment

Q

R

Reflux Esophagitis: Assessment of Treatment Options to Prevent Recurrent Reflux Esophagitis

Rheumatoid: Treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis

Roxithromycin for Non-Q wave Coronary Syndromes

S

Serum Folate and Risk of Fatal Coronary Heart Disease

Sinusitis:Are antibiotics indicated in the treatment of acute sinusitis?

Smoking: Is nasal nicotine replacement an effectiive and safe way to help patients quit smoking?

St. Johns: Is St. John's Wort an effective antidepressant and is it well tolerated?

Strep: Is rapid strep testing better than empiric therapy for group A beta-hemolytic streptococcus (GAS)?

Syphilis: High dose penicillin for early syphilis in HIV patients

T

Temp: Color duplex ultrasonography in the diagnosis of temporal arteritis

Testosterone: Does testosterone supplementation in elderly males provide any health or lifestyle benefit?

Theophylline: Role of theophylline in asthma

U

V

Vena:Are vena caval filters better for preventing pulmonary embolisms from a proximal DVT?

Vitamin E: Should high dose vitamin E be prescribed for patients with CAD?

Vitamin E for prevention of CAD

W

Warfarin: Can low dose anticoagulation with warfarin and/or aspirin be effective in the primary prevention of ischemic heart disease in men at high risk?

XYZ