Reviewing: Dellon ES et al. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol 2009 Dec; 7:1305 SUMMARY AND COMMENT Preventing Recurrence of Aspirin-Related Peptic Ulcers March 5, 2010 David J. Bjorkman, MD, MSPH (HSA), SM (Epid.) Gastroenterology

Altering environmental factors can lead to effective treatment in heritable disorders, as studies in one human disease show.

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Flexible sigmoidoscopy achieved the highest adenoma detection rates but the lowest screening participation rates when compared with fecal occult blood testing methods.

Reviewing: Hol L et al. Gut 2010 Jan; 59:62 SUMMARY AND COMMENT Is It Eosinophilic Esophagitis or Reflux Disease? March 5, 2010 David A. Johnson, MD Gastroenterology

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Famotidine, a histamine-2–receptor antagonist, was less effective than pantoprazole, a proton-pump inhibitor.

Reviewing: Ng F-H et al. Gastroenterology 2010 Jan; 138:82 SUMMARY AND COMMENT Risk Factors for Peptic Ulcer Disease March 5, 2010 David J. Bjorkman, MD, MSPH (HSA), SM (Epid.) Gastroenterology Reviewing: Cota C et al. Am J Surg Pathol 2010 Jan; 34:75 SUMMARY AND COMMENT Sherlock Would Be Pleased: Elucidating Pseudoxanthoma Elasticum March 5, 2010 Lowell A. Goldsmith, MD, MPH Dermatology

Local factors make skin fibroblasts behave differently in older people.

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A predictive model reliably distinguished EoE from GERD.

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The clinical manifestations are various, and the phenotype is also multifaceted.

Reviewing: Belanger K et al. Obstet Gynecol 2010 Mar; 115:559 Recent Articles SUMMARY AND COMMENT Teaching Non-Dermatologists — The Challenge RevisitedFree March 5, 2010 Lowell A. Goldsmith, MD, MPH Dermatology

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Reviewing: Russell S et al. Pediatr Emerg Care 2010 Feb; 26:71 SUMMARY AND COMMENT Atropine Might Be Better Than Glycopyrrolate as an Adjunct to Ketamine in Children March 5, 2010 Diane M. Birnbaumer, MD, FACEP Emergency Medicine Reviewing: Davila M et al. Dermatol Online J 2010 Feb 15; 16:12 SUMMARY AND COMMENT Fragility in Aged Skin — It's Not the FibroblastsFree March 5, 2010 Mark V. Dahl, MD Dermatology

Asthma symptoms were more likely to remain stable during pregnancy when women continued with their usual therapies.

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Several medical, behavioral, and demographic factors were independently associated with risk for PUD.

Nondermatologist hospital staff were not good at identifying and treating common skin diseases.

Rates of epinephrine use and referral to allergists leave room for improvement in the emergency department management of children with anaphylaxis.

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