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From the AAPA
Department of Labor clarifies PA status under FMLA; PAs bring their collective voice to Capitol Hill; AAPA part of White House campaign against prescription drug abuse

Editorial
Giving bad news to patients: How to do it better

Letters
You have the power to prevent a parent's worst nightmare; When a competent elderly man refuses nursing home placement; Doctoral degrees for PAs: What happens next?

New Drug Information
Veregen

Dermatology Digest
Is this lesion a cause for concern?

A Day in the Life
Stephen Steiner, PA-C

CME Article
Easing vasomotor symptoms: Besides HRT, what works?

Case Report
Fever, nausea, and vomiting in a student from Thailand

Review Article
Cross-cultural perspectives on intimate partner violence

Review Article
A review of the unique injuries sustained by musicians

CME Article
Meningitis: Distinguishing the benign from the serious

CME Posttest
Treating vasomotor symptoms/Aseptic meningitis

Research Corner
Marking 40 years of change in the PA profession

Research Corner Online
Considerations of sample size in medical research

POEMs
Pedometer-based programs result in modest weight loss; Digital mammography for all is too costly; Vitamin K improves the stability of anticoagulation; AAP Practice Guideline: Delaying feeding does not prevent atopy; Screening for carotid artery stenosis is not helpful; Acupuncture is effective for some with chronic prostatitis

PA Quandaries
Beneficence versus maleficence: Can this PA participate in an execution?

Diagnostic Imaging Review
Appendicitis: What helps to make the diagnosis?

Specialty Update
ASEPA and AAPA-AAI

Case of the Month
Diagnostic challenges from your case files

Breaking Bad News: A JAAPA-Sponsored Session in the Medical Humanities
Join current and former JAAPA editorial board members, the editor in chief, and the editorial staff for this exciting CME event to be presented on Monday, May 26th, 8 to 10:45 am, at the AAPA’s 36th Annual PA Conference in San Antonio. Click here for more information.

JAAPA 2008 Writing Workshop: Using the Internet to Search the Medical Literature
Join JAAPA editorial board member and University of Iowa PA program assistant director Rick Dehn for this CME event to be presented on Monday, May 26th, 11 to 11:45 am, at the AAPA’s 36th Annual PA Conference in San Antonio. Click here for more information.

Conscience and PA Practice: A Case-based Approach to Ethical Challenges
Join PA Quandaries editor Gino Gianola, PA, and panel members, for this CME event to be presented on Monday, May 26th, 11 am to 12:30 pm, at the AAPA's 36th Annual PA Conference in San Antonio. Click here for more information.

CME Supplements to JAAPA and CME Webcasts
Click here for pdfs of recent monographs and links to Webcasts offering AAPA Category I CME credit.

16th Annual Clinical and Professional Poster Session
Click here to view abstracts from the poster session at the 2007 AAPA annual conference in Philadelphia. These abstracts highlight the unique research accomplished by PAs, PA faculty, and PA students over the past year.

Writing for Publication: Ten Steps to Success
Click here to view this May 2007 Webcast from the editor of JAAPA.