Selenium is an essential trace element and a component of glutathione peroxidase, an enzyme
that may help to prevent oxidative damage to cells. Selenium deficiency has been linked …

A 32-year-old man was brought to the emergency department 5 1/2 hours after ingesting a
potentially lethal dose (900 mg) of sodium arsenate ant poison in a suicide attempt. The …

Background: The use of standardized patients has been an accepted instructional methodology
in medical education for many years. A logical evolution of this methodology is the …

Background: The imperative to address physician maldistribution has been directed in part
at medical schools. Description: The Rural Health Scholars Program (RHSP) is an …

PURPOSE: To determine whether medical students were prepared to assess risk and counsel
patients about prevention of HIV infection, and whether HIV-related experience produced …

Background Research of medical school initiatives that attempt to orient medical students
toward rural medicine may facilitate development of initiatives to alleviate physician …

This clinical study assessed the influence of pentoxifylline and its metabolites on steady‐state
serum theophylline concentrations. Nine healthy volunteers took sustained‐release …

The extent to which the results of a study can be attributed to the intervention under
investigation(ie, internal validity) is an important consideration in interpreting study findings. There …

PURPOSE. This research involved the development, and in particular the evaluation of the
reliability, of scales to measure medical faculty attitudes toward clinical evaluation (ACE) of …

METHODS All physician faculty and residents of the Department of Family Medicine at the
East Carolina University School of Medicine and all clinical preceptors associated with the …