TOP MEDICAL JOURNALS

The limitations in interpreting the evidence for behavioral interventions for drooling p. 3
Authors: Sheena Reilly (Commentary author)
DOI: 10.1080/17489530802024026
Link: http://www.informaworld.com/

Fixed-interval and randomized-interval spaced retrieval training seem to have comparable outcomes for improving confrontation naming performance in three persons with aphasia, but the jury is still out p. 6
Authors: Nidhi Mahendra (Commentary author)
DOI: 10.1080/17489530701878472
Link: http://www.informaworld.com/

Extended version of the Lee Silverman Voice Treatment (LSVT) results in changes to vocal sound pressure level comparable to those resulting from traditional LSVT in a group of 12 participants p. 11
Authors: Megan J. McAuliffe (Commentary author)
DOI: 10.1080/17489530801902966
Link: http://www.informaworld.com/

Teaching reciprocal imitation skills to parents of young children with autism supports socially valid parent engagement with their children 1 p. 14
Authors: Karin Lifter (Commentary author)
DOI: 10.1080/17489530801948688
Link: http://www.informaworld.com

Print-referencing techniques, implemented during a shared storybook-reading activity, hold promise for increasing the print-concept knowledge of preschoolers with language impairment p. 17
Authors: Sonia Q. Cabell; Laura M. Justice (Commentary authors)
DOI: 10.1080/17489530801937038
Link: http://www.informaworld.com/

A parent-implemented, naturalistic strategy produced increases in vocalizations and appropriate play in two children with autism p. 20
Authors: Jim Halle (Commentary author)
DOI: 10.1080/17489530801976796
Link: http://www.informaworld.com/
Acquisition of the Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS) and its relationship with word production varies for individual children with autism p. 23
Authors: Debra Berry Malmberg; Marjorie H. Charlop-Christy (Commentary authors)
DOI: 10.1080/17489530801897091
Link: http://www.informaworld.com/

Using motivating operations to evoke question-asking behavior can be effective in teaching language skills to preschoolers with autism p. 26
Authors: Colleen S. Brennan; Phillip J. Belfiore (Commentary authors)
DOI: 10.1080/17483100801921352
Link: http://www.informaworld.com/

Children with autism can acquire intraverbals, but maintenance and generalization are poor p. 29
Authors: Peter Sturmey (Commentary author)
DOI: 10.1080/17489530801936931
Link: http://www.informaworld.com/

Adults with developmental disabilities may be able to acquire some requesting skills without direct training of those skills p. 31
Authors: Robert E. O’Neill (Commentary)
DOI: 10.1080/17489530801886219
Link: http://www.informaworld.com/

Considerations for appraising diagnostic studies of communication disorders p. 34
Authors: Thomas Klee
DOI: 10.1080/17489530801927757
Link: http://www.informaworld.com/

Methodological quality of intervention research in speech–language pathology: Analysis of 10 years of group-design studies p. 46
Authors: Laura M. Justice;  Chad Nye;  Jamie Schwarz;  Anita McGinty; Ana Rivera
DOI: 10.1080/17489530802008839
Link: http://www.informaworld.com/

Constipation, haemorrhoids, and heartburn in pregnancy (NEW)
New options added for bulk-forming laxatives, increased fibre intake, increased fluid intake, osmotic laxatives, stimulant laxatives, rutosides, anaesthetics (topical), compound corticosteroids plus anaesthetics (topical), corticosteroids (topical), sitz baths, antacids with or without alginates, acid-suppressing drugs, raising the head of the bed, reducing caffeine intake, reducing the intake of fatty foods, and reducing the size and frequency of meals.

Retinal detachment (NEW)
New options added for cryotherapy, laser photocoagulation, scleral buckling v other surgical techniques, and fuorouracil plus heparin. New evidence: conclusion changed for different substances for tamponade.

Cluster headache (NEW)
New options added for sumatriptan (subcutaneous, intranasal) for aborting cluster headache, high-dose and high-flow-rate oxygen, octreotide (subcutaneous), zolmitriptan (oral), hyperbaric oxygen, lidocaine (intranasal), sumatriptan (oral) for aborting cluster headache, greater occipital nerve injections (betamethasone plus xylocaine), Llthium (oral), corticosteroids (oral), verapamil, baclofen (oral), botulinum toxin, capsaicin (intranasal), chlorpromazine, civamide (intranasal), clonidine (transdermal), ergotamine and dihydroergotamine (oral or intranasal), gabapentin (oral), leuprolide, melatonin, methysergide (oral), pizotifen (oral), sodium valproate (oral), sumatriptan (oral) for preventing cluster headache, topiramate (oral), and tricyclic antidepressants.

Trigeminal neuralgia
New options added for microvascular decompression and peripheral laser surgery. New evidence: conclusion changed for baclofen.

HIV: mother-to-child transmission
New evidence: conclusion confirmed for antiretroviral drugs, different methods of infant feeding and vitamins.

Ear wax
New evidence: conclusion confirmed for manual removal.