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Patrick J. Flanagan, CFP&#174
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Proposed Tax Package Divides Investors

Molly Wolf, MD, Frank J. Domino, MD
Bob Bhayani, MBA
Bob Bhayani, MBA

Bob Bhayani, MBA, is founder and managing partner of DrDiasabilityQuotes.com and Axiom Financial Services. Bob regularly lectures hospitals and faculties on income protection and risk mitigation strategies. Bob specializes in working with residents and fellows, attending physicians, and private practices. Bob is a member of prestigious MDRT Top of the Table, Berkshire Inner Circle, and Chairman/Presidents Council.

Gillian
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Portsmouth: The Authentic New England Experience

Steven B. Smith
Joel Greenwald, MD, CFP
Matthew Shanley
Nickole Kerner Bobley
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Physician Fitness: Bowling's Hidden Exercise

Say the word "bowling" to yourself and your brain conjures images and feelings of childhood nostalgia, birthday parties, rock music-good times with family and friends. Not exercise. But it is exercise, a hidden way to exercise.

Stephen C. Vlay, MD, is professor of medicine, State University of New York, Stony Brook, NY.
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Should a patient's sex influence medication administration?

Management of atrial fibrillation remains one of the most difficult challenges for physicians and patients.

Franklyn Geary, MD
Becker's Orthopedic & Spine
ichael Sheehan
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IT'S OK TO CHEAT?

Frank A. Paul, DO, FACOEP
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Cardiac-Related Syndromes that Mimic Ischemia in the Pediatric ECG

Measurement,Pain
Mark A. Merlin, DO, FACEP, Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick
Rae Marie Gleason
Health Matters, University of California San Diego Television
Ellisiv B. Mathiesen, MD, PhD
Jacob Witkowski
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TechSectors - Medical Device: Teaching the Brain to Take the Right Step

Can the application of chaos theory lead to better clinical rehabilitation and assistive devices for patients suffering from neuromuscular disorders?

Susan B. Garavaglia, PhD, MBA
Lisa Marie Bernardo, PhD, RN
Jean-Pierre Bassand, MD
Steve Davis, MD, DFAPA
Marie Crandall, MD, MPH
from the 1department of community and preventive medicine
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New Framingham Heart Study global cardiovascular risk instruments: Helping physicians optimize their patients' cardiovascular care

While most patients are concerned about their risk for myocardial infarction, it is important to remember that the risk factors for death from all cardiovascular diseases, including stroke, peripheral arterial disease, and coronary artery disease, are similar.

Mary Blanton Wheeler, PharmD, MPH
David R. Grube, MD
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Ten Facts About Medical Aid in Dying

What a longtime family practitioner in a state that authorizes medical aid in dying has learned through his own experience of the controversial practice.

Colleen O'Leary
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A Noble Decision

With elections just around the corner, we are once again hearing about every issue, but I haven't heard about the embryo debate.

Vivek Roy, MD, Mayo Clinic at Jacksonville
Karl Isaaz, MD: From the Division of Cardiology, University Jean Monnet of Saint-Etienne, Saint-Etienne, France.
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Should radiofrequency ablation be first-line therapy after a first episode of symptomatic atrial flutter?

Radiofrequency catheter ablation (RFA) is a cost-effective approach that has modified the treatment of patients with supraventricular tachycardia. In the Loire-Ardèche-Drôme-Isère-Puy-de-Dôme (LADIP) study, we compared RFA treatment with amiodarone therapy after the first episode of symptomatic atrial flutter. Results showed that RFA should be considered a first-line treatment, especially in elderly patients, because it has a better long-term success rate, the same risk of subsequent atrial fibrillation as amiodarone, and fewer secondary effects compared with amiodarone. Radiofrequency catheter ablation first-line therapy should be recommended in routine clinical practice, even when the atrial flutter is isolated without a previously documented atrial fibrillation episode.