Routine episiotomy should be abandoned

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1. News
2. Infection risks of cancer patients with catheters and implanted ports
3. Low-dose oral etoposide in the treatment of adult T-cell leukemia
4. Burn scar control with a calcium channel blocker
5. Changes in LDL and HDL cholesterol levels with continuous combined estrogen and desogestrel hormone replacement therapy
6. Drinking milk daily offsets coffee-induced bone loss
7. Penicillin allergy and radioallergosorbent testing
8. Effect of autologous blood transfusion on infectious complications after colorectal cancer surgery
9. From the FDA: New drug testing guidelines include women
10. From the FDA: Epilepsy drug approved
11. From HHS: New system to streamline Medicare claims processing
12. From HHS: Changes in SSI claims for respiratory illness
13. Editorial Comments
14. New guidelines for screening tuberculosis (TB) in infants and children have been issued by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) Committee on Infectious Diseases
15. A new screening test for cervical cancer has been developed in Australia
16. Aspirin reduces the risk of stroke and other cardiovascular events by 25% among patients who have had previous cardiovascular disease
17. Routine episiotomy should be abandoned
18. Damaged spinal cord can repair itself, at least in laboratory rats
19. Physicians still enjoy being doctors, despite the increased stress they face in their practices
20. Editorial
21. Elderly abuse: The silent violation
22. Original Contribution
23. Effects of osteopathic manipulative treatment in patients with cervicothoracic pain: Pilot study using thermography
24. Clinical Practice
25. Whiplash as a total-body injury
26. Health Policy
27. Managed care: An opportunity for osteopathic physicians
28. Case Report
29. False-positive malignant peritoneal cytology associated with pelvic endometriosis
30. CME Quiz
31. CME Quiz