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July 18, 2006 — Issue No. 61

 

In This Issue

New Safety Content — Coming Soon!

Rx Updates To help our customers prescribe and monitor more safely, we will be expanding drug safety information in August with:

  • Black box warnings
  • Monitoring parameters
  • Therapeutic and toxic drug levels
  • Non-interchangeable forms

Be sure to read our August newsletter to learn more about these exciting changes!

200,000 MobileCME Activities Completed

MobileCMEWe're thrilled that Epocrates users have completed nearly 200,000 CME activities with MobileCME.

MobileCME is designed to help busy healthcare professionals fulfill CME/CE credit requirements, or just learn something new on the go!

MobileCME is located in the Black Bag tab. If you don't see the MobileCME icon, MobileCME icon, you can download the application for free.

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HPV Info Now Available

Clinical UpdatesThe Epocrates drug database now includes a monograph for the new FDA-approved vaccine for human papillomavirus, Gardasil (human papillomavirus vaccine, recombinant).

This is the first vaccine approved for the prevention of cervical cancer, precancerous genital lesions, and genital warts in female patients aged 9-26.

Additionally, vaccination tables in our premium Tables tab have been updated to reflect new recommendations for HPV from the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP).

AutoUpdate to add HPV Content Now!

See All June Clinical Updates »

Take A Break!

Take a BreakEpocrates users have recommended these mobile applications:

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    Download books, magazines, newspapers and radio shows from a choice of 27,000 titles.
  • Wine Enthusiast Guide $19.95
     Impress your friends with up-to-date details, reviews, ratings and retail prices for over 34,000 wines worldwide.

Do you have a favorite non-medical PDA application you would like to recommend?
Tell us about it.

 

Quick Poll

As a healthcare professional, when given a prescription from your own physician, do you request the generic medication?

  • Never
  • Sometimes
  • Often
  • Always
  • Depends on the medication

Please note that poll questions can only be answered in the HTML version of our email newsletter.

Interactions are a major concern for our users. Last month 39% said "Drug-drug Interactions" were their primary drug safety concern, and another 10% said they were most concerned by "Drug-herbal interactions."

  

This Month in Medical History

July 20 1836 — Birth of Sir Thomas Clifford Allbutt, an English physician who invented the short clinical thermometer

Until Allbutt's invention in 1866, a patient had to hold a foot-long thermometer for 20 minutes! Albutt's 6" portable thermometer could take a temperature in just 5 minutes.

In 1916, at the age of 80, he was elected president of the British Medical Association.

Read about Sir Allbutt's illustrious career

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