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		<title>New &amp; Interesting (21 June 2010)</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jun 2010 19:03:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The &#8220;New &#038; Interesting&#8221; series is a biweekly compilation of select research findings, news articles, and random tidbits in bullet-point format. The entries are highly abbreviated, but provide links to the original articles or abstracts if you desire to read further.
General Articles

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		<title>New &amp; Interesting (7 June 2010)</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jun 2010 15:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
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General Articles

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		<title>New &amp; Interesting (26 April 2010)</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Apr 2010 05:34:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Pillbox to Identify Pills</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Apr 2010 13:26:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Earlier I wrote an article listing some challenges with medication reconciliation, one of which is the proper identification of home medications. I often encounter patients who may not recall the names or doses of the medications in their pillbox, but would identify them by their description: &#8220;I take the purple pill&#8221;. Interestingly, while physicians need [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Challenges of Medication Reconciliation and Patient Safety</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Feb 2010 20:32:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The cost of designing, developing, and marketing a new pharmaceutical drug can literally exceed a billion dollars. Even millions more are invested in non-industry trials to demonstrate the efficacy &#8212; or lack thereof &#8212; of these drugs with certain medical conditions or clinical parameters. The process of getting FDA approval is another separate adventure in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FDA Advisory on Chantix</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Feb 2008 05:12:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The FDA (Food and Drug Administration) recently released a public health advisory on Chantix (varenicline), a smoking cessation drug manufactured by Pfizer. This follows an earlier investigation last year on reported behavioral changes associated with use of the drug. The presence of neurologic or psychiatric effects is not completely surprising, considering that Chantix interferes with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Does Chondroitin Work for Arthritis?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Apr 2007 23:33:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Since the FDA (Food and Drug Administration) does not regulate dietary supplements as stringently as pharmaceutical drugs, manufacturers of the former can market their products with untested and unsupported claims. While some claims border on fantasy and may breach ethical standards (&#8220;pill that cures all cancers&#8221;), most claims are plausible. Calcium and vitamin D supplements [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Does Melatonin Work? Is It Safe?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Feb 2006 20:13:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>wardslave</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Melatonin is a hormone produced by the pineal gland and associated with regulation of the sleep cycle. There have consequently been melatonin products, and biosynthetic variants (i.e., ramelteon), marketed as sleep aid products. A popular use for melatonin has been to combat jet lag or for adaptation to different time zones. Two recurring questions I [...]]]></description>
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