For your kids: 

Q: Why did the cookie go to the ER?

A: Because it was feeling crummy.

But I digress…

Wath out with patients on Meridia.  FDA is reviewing preliminary data from a recent study suggesting that patients using sibutramine (Meridia) have a higher number of cardiovascular events (heart attack, stroke, resuscitated cardiac arrest, or death) than patients using a placebo (sugar pill).

http://omniphysicians.com/2009/11/20/fda-watch-out-about-meridia/

The number of schools closing because of H1n1 is fewer than before.  Makes sense.  I think we’re seeing a general decline with regard to the 1st wave.  Will there be a second?

http://omniphysicians.com/2009/11/20/h1n1-school-closings-down/

http://omniphysicians.com/2009/11/20/current-cdc-flu-map-week-45/

New guidelines for cervical cancer screening say women should delay their first Pap test until age 21, and be screened less often than recommended in the past.  The advice, from the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, is meant to decrease unnecessary testing and potentially harmful treatment, particularly in teenagers and young women. The group’s previous guidelines had recommended yearly testing for young women, starting within three years of their first sexual intercourse, but no later than age 21.

http://omniphysicians.com/2009/11/20/new-guidelines-on-cervical-cancer-tests/

Paul R.