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Steven E. Brooks, Surgical Resident; Reza F. Saidi, Chief Surgical Resident; Alasdair McKendrick, Consultant Colorectal Surgeon; Michael J. Jacobs, Consultant Surgeon, Department of Surgery, Providence Hospital and Medical Centers, Southfield, MI; Clinical Associate Professor, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI

Devin P. Puapong, Surgical Resident, Department of Surgery; Raquel Goldhardt, Surgical Resident, Department of Surgery; Scott E. Lentz, Staff Surgeon, Department of Gynecologic Oncology; Najeeb S. Alshak, Chief, Department of Pathology and Laboratory; Maher A. Abbas, Chief, Section of Colon and Rectal Surgery, Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA

Charles E. Copeland, Attending Surgeon, Department of Surgery; Christopher J. Myers, General Surgery Resident, Department of Surgery, The Mercy Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA

James M. Cunningham, Clinical Associate Professor of Surgery, Mercer University School of Medicine, Macon, GA

Adena J. Osband, Transplant Surgery Fellow; Nicholas I. Jones, Surgical Resident; Mary Bonomo, Transplant Physician's Assistant; Radi F. Zaki, Attending and Chief of Transplant Surgery, Division of Transplantation, Department of Surgery, Albert Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA

Robert J. Paresi, Jr., Chief General Surgery Resident; Gina Cunto-Amesty, Pathology Resident; Darsit Shah, Associate Professor, Departments of Surgery and Pathology, Monmouth Medical Center, Long Branch, NJ

Bernard M. Jaffe, Editor-in-Chief

Vinod P. Balachandran, Resident in General Surgery, Department of Surgery, New York Presbyterian Hospital, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY; Martin S. Karpeh, Chairman, Department of Surgery, Beth Israel Medical Center, New York, NY

Ella H. Bowman, MD, W. Jeffrey Brown, MS, RPh, and Angela T. Corea, MD

Gregory M. Johnston, MD, MS, Mark A. Denny, MD, James Howden, MD

Charles E. Driscoll, MD, Clinical Professor, University of Virginia

Raymond Pary, MD, University of Louisville School of Medicine and Veterans Affairs Medical Center; and Susan Lewis, ARNP, PhD, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Louisville, Ky

The newer medications in this class have shown greater efficacy and more rapid anxiety relief than other drugs currently used for the treatment of anxiety.

Suman Vardan, MD, Sandeep Vardan, MD, Disha Mookherjee, MD, Tapan K. Sarkar, PhD, Kishan G. Mehrotra, PhD, C. Thomas Fruehan, MD, and Sakti Mookherjee, MD

Misplaced leads can result in ECG tracing that mimic a variety of abnormalities, including lateral-wall myocardial infarction or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. The authors outline the 24 common variations and their potential misdiagnoses.

Ziad A. Ali, MD, Ahmed Mahmoud, MD, FRCS, Frederick R. Krueger, DO, Sheela Kapre, MD, and Cheryl Mead, San Joaquin General Hospital, French Camp, Calif

Prompt recognition of the cause of pulmonary infection can reduce the risk associated with the ubiquitous fungus Aspergillus.

Correct Diagnosis of Hypertension

Yvette C. Terrie, BSPharm, RPh

Cheryl A. Grandinetti, PharmD

Yvette C. Terrie, BSPharm, RPh

Osteoporosis is a silent disease without a cure; several preventive measures and treatment options are available, particularly for women, the population most affected.

Ronnie DePue, RPh, CGP, and Rusty Hailey, PharmD, DPh, MBA, FAMCP

Pharmacists are in the perfect position to influence patients and improve outcomes with medication therapy management.

Yvette C. Terrie, BSPharm, RPh

The elderly are more susceptible to problems with drug therapy, and pharmacists are pivotal in identifying possible drug interactions, contraindications, and incidences of polypharmacy.

Barbara Sax

Heather Graham, this month's Pharmacy Times/Wal-Mart RESPy Award winner, has dedicated herself to advancing the practice of pharmacy.

Susan Farley

Many seniors looking for a Medicare Part D prescription plan turn to pharmacists for advice?how do some chains help them to choose the right plan?

Joseph L. Fink III, BSPharm, JD

A case against a physician accused of "selling" prescriptions prompts debate over whether information gathered from a computer database may be used as evidence at trial.

Cmdr John Burke

A newly reinstated ruling by the DEA allows prescribers to write CII prescriptions for a 90-day supply.

Yvette C. Terrie, BSPharm, RPh

New guidelines for managing patients with atrial fibrillation emphasize stroke prevention.

Julie Khani and Charles Sewell

John R. Horn, PharmD, FCCP, and Philip D. Hansten, PharmD

Pharmacists have a key role to play in educating patients about the risk of stopping certain medications.

Eileen Koutnik-Fotopoulos, Staff Writer

onePAC compliance packaging helps reduce medical errors and drive adherence.

Eileen Koutnik-Fotopoulos, Staff Writer

The University of Kansas Hospital's use of ScriptPro's Telepharmacy brings added safety to the preparation process for chemotherapy medications.

Martin A. Erickson III, RPh

Lauren S. Schlesselman, PharmD

Guido R. Zanni, PhD

Anna D. Garrett, PharmD, BCPS, CPP

Kathleen Jaeger, GPhA President and Chief Executive Officer

James C. McAllister III, MS, FASHP

"Ain't no stopping us now"?ASHP meeting highlights 2007 accomplishments and looks to bright future.