﻿<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Physician's Weekly</title><link>http://www.physweeklyarchives.com/ArticleFeed.aspx?edition=1</link><description>Physician’s Weekly: You are viewing the a feed that contains updated content on  physician viewpoints and news briefs with multispecialty content focusing on guidelines, emerging therapeutic options, practice management, medical conference coverage, and more.</description><copyright>(c) 2010, Physician’s Weekly, LLC. All rights reserved.</copyright><item><title>New Clinical Guidelines for Treating Exacerbations in Cystic Fibrosis</title><description>Cystic fibrosis (CF) is an inherited chronic disease that affects the lungs and digestive system of ...</description><link>http://www.physweeklyarchives.com/article.asp?edition=1&amp;IssueID=780&amp;ArticleID=6507</link><category>This Week's Lead Story</category><pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2010 14:14:43</pubDate></item><item><title>Battling Osteoporosis When Fracture Risks Are High</title><description>Denosumab (Prolia, Amgen, Inc.) has been approved by the FDA to treat postmenopausal women with oste...</description><link>http://www.physweeklyarchives.com/article.asp?edition=1&amp;IssueID=780&amp;ArticleID=6506</link><category>Through The Pipeline</category><pubDate>Thu, 26 Aug 2010 15:51:38</pubDate></item><item><title>Treatment Approved for Late-Onset Pompe Disease</title><description>The FDA has approved alglucosidase alfa (Lumizyme, Genzyme Corp.) for patients aged 8 and older with...</description><link>http://www.physweeklyarchives.com/article.asp?edition=1&amp;IssueID=780&amp;ArticleID=6505</link><category>Through The Pipeline</category><pubDate>Thu, 26 Aug 2010 15:50:45</pubDate></item><item><title>Analyzing Head &amp; 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Stroke</title><description>A United Kingdom study has found that exacerbations of COPD appear to increase the risk of myocardia...</description><link>http://www.physweeklyarchives.com/article.asp?edition=1&amp;IssueID=778&amp;ArticleID=6486</link><category>Clinical Update</category><pubDate>Thu, 12 Aug 2010 14:53:22</pubDate></item><item><title>The Effect of Fibrates on Cardiovascular Outcomes</title><description>Fibrates appear to reduce the risk of major cardiovascular events predominantly by preventing corona...</description><link>http://www.physweeklyarchives.com/article.asp?edition=1&amp;IssueID=778&amp;ArticleID=6485</link><category>Clinical Update</category><pubDate>Thu, 12 Aug 2010 14:52:37</pubDate></item><item><title>Physician Assistants Often Change Specialties</title><description>About half (49%) of all clinically active physician assistants have changed specialties sometime in ...</description><link>http://www.physweeklyarchives.com/article.asp?edition=1&amp;IssueID=778&amp;ArticleID=6484</link><category>Practice Management</category><pubDate>Thu, 12 Aug 2010 14:51:43</pubDate></item><item><title>American Diabetes Association 2010 Annual Scientific Sessions </title><description>The American Diabetes Association held its 2010 Annual Scientific Sessions from June 25 to 29 in Orl...</description><link>http://www.physweeklyarchives.com/article.asp?edition=1&amp;IssueID=776&amp;ArticleID=6468</link><category>This Week's Lead Story</category><pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2010 14:50:55</pubDate></item><item><title>Bar-Code Technology Reduces Errors</title><description>Use of a bar-code electronic medication administration record (eMAR) appears to substantially reduce...</description><link>http://www.physweeklyarchives.com/article.asp?edition=1&amp;IssueID=776&amp;ArticleID=6467</link><category>In The News</category><pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2010 14:43:01</pubDate></item><item><title>Hospital Readmissions in Medicaid Patients</title><description>A report from the AHRQ has found that about 10% of adult Medicaid patients who were hospitalized in ...</description><link>http://www.physweeklyarchives.com/article.asp?edition=1&amp;IssueID=776&amp;ArticleID=6466</link><category>In The News</category><pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2010 14:41:57</pubDate></item><item><title>Healthcare Use in Noncardiac Chest Pain</title><description>The frequency of healthcare utilization in noncardiac chest pain (NCCP) patients appears to be high,...</description><link>http://www.physweeklyarchives.com/article.asp?edition=1&amp;IssueID=776&amp;ArticleID=6465</link><category>In The News</category><pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2010 14:41:11</pubDate></item><item><title>Combination Product Oral Contraceptive Gains FDA Approval</title><description>A combination hormonal tablet (Natazia, Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals) has been approved by the F...</description><link>http://www.physweeklyarchives.com/article.asp?edition=1&amp;IssueID=776&amp;ArticleID=6464</link><category>Through The Pipeline</category><pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2010 14:40:22</pubDate></item></channel></rss>