From the President's Desk

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"Family Practice" terminology changing to "Family Medicine"

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Editor's Message

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Seasonal Influence on Chronic Disease

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Review Article

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The anatomical "core": a definition and functional classification

The anatomic core is important in the functional stabilization of the body during static and dynamic movement. This functional stabilization is an integral component of proprioception, balance performance, and compensatory postural activation of the trunk muscles. The structures that def...
253-265
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Sexually transmitted diseases

Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) comprise a diverse group that includes blood-borne diseases, sexually transmitted infections (STIs), and ulcerative lesions. This area of medicine has been the cornerstone for many abstinence and safe-sex programs, research into new vaccinations, scre...

Original Research

246-252
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Overcoming barriers to adolescent immunization: a survey of family practice providers

The purpose of this study was to determine whether the influence of environmental, economic, and insurance barriers affect the immunization process for adolescents. The study attempted to determine whether physician knowledge was positively associated with the implementation of vaccinati...

Case Reports

266-269
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Cavernous angioma: a literature review and case report

Cavernous angioma is one of several vascular malformations whose presentation is usually seizures, headaches, or neurological deficits. The frequency of such malformations is controversial and appears to be more common than once thought because of the availability of magnetic resonance i...
270-272
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A case of recurrent Kawasaki disease

Kawasaki disease is rare form of vasculitis especially affecting the coronary arteries of children under the age of five years. There is no known infectious agent of origination associated with the vasculitis. We report a case of recurrent Kawasaki disease, which makes it a more unusual ...