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In general, they have major shortcomings and limited utility.
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- Hypoglycemia after gastric bypass: An emerging complication
Post-gastric bypass hypoglycemia arises late and is probably more common than initially thought.
- Living with hematologic cancer: Recommendations, solutions
Once-terminal diagnoses are now chronic conditions. Survivors need a plan.
- Severely frail elderly patients do not need lipid-lowering drugs
Statins have no role as primary prevention in this population, and a minor role as secondary prevention.
- Use and misuse of opioid agonists in opioid addiction
Methadone and buprenorphine can reduce craving and opioid use but remain misunderstood and underused.
- Tickborne diseases other than Lyme in the United States
Consider them in patients with known or potential tick exposure and fever or vague constitutional symptoms.
- Medical management of urinary incontinence in women
It is common, underreported, and undertreated. Primary care physicians can offer conservative management.
- Diabetes control during Ramadan fasting
For diabetic patients, fasting during Ramadan can cause wide fluctuations in blood sugar levels.
- Breast cancer screening: Does tomosynthesis augment mammography?
This technology may reduce recall rates and increase cancer detection rates, but outcome studies are needed.
