
Physician's First Watch One of our fans, Natasa Dragicevic, is wondering what all of you think of vaccinating kids against H1N1 flu. What’s your stance? For or against? Why?

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Aspirin should not be routinely initiated for the primary prevention of cardiovascular disease, advises the BMJ publication Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin. Do you agree? http://firstwatch.jwatch.org/cgi/content /full/2009/1104/1

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Darbepoetin alfa (Aranesp) is associated with increased risk for stroke in patients with diabetes and chronic kidney disease, reports the New England Journal of Medicine. http://firstwatch.jwatch.org/cgi/content /full/2009/1102/1

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Lifestyle intervention or metformin can help prevent diabetes in high-risk adults, with benefits persisting for 10 years, according to a Lancet study. http://firstwatch.jwatch.org/cgi/content /full/2009/1029/1

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Antipsychotic use is associated with significant weight gain in children and adolescents, JAMA reports. For example, those taking olanzapine for roughly 11 weeks gained an average of 8.5 kg. http://firstwatch.jwatch.org/cgi/content /short/2009/1028/1

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Over the weekend, President Obama declared that the 2009 H1N1 pandemic constitutes a national emergency. What does this mean? http://firstwatch.jwatch.org/cgi/content /full/2009/1026/1

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Aldosterone antagonists (e.g., spironolactone) are underused in heart failure patients -- only one third of eligible patients were prescribed these drugs at hospital discharge, acccording to a JAMA study. http://firstwatch.jwatch.org/cgi/content /full/2009/1021/1

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Minimally invasive radical prostatectomy accounts for nearly half of all radical prostatectomies in the U.S., yet the procedure is associated with higher rates of some complications, according to a JAMA study. http://firstwatch.jwatch.org/cgi/content /full/2009/1014/1

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Physician's First Watch The first batch of H1N1 vaccine is being shipped to providers this week. Are you being inundated with questions? What are patients' most common concerns?








