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Bariatric surgery for type 2 diabetes: Weighing the impact for obese patientsBariatric surgery results in remission of diabetes in most patients. Why should this be?
- Menstrual manipulation: Options for suppressing the cycle
If they wish, women can have more control over when and if they menstruate, even though myths and misperceptions abound among clinicians.
- Incidence, outcomes, and management of bleeding in non-ST-elevation acute coronary syndromes
Powerful antithrombotic and antiplatelet drugs and percutaneous interventions pose risks of bleeding. Fortunately, the risk can be managed.
- Left ventricular hypertrophy: An overlooked cardiovascular risk factor
Antihypertensive treatment that causes left ventricular hypertrophy to regress also decreases rates of cardiovascular morbidity and death, independently of how much the blood pressure is lowered.
- Update on the management of hirsutism
Hirsutism causes considerable anxiety in women. Although it is itself benign, it is often the sign of an underlying and possibly serious endocrine condition.
- Laryngopharyngeal reflux: More questions than answers
Most patients with suspected laryngopharyngeal reflux are given a 2-month trial of a proton pump inhibitor. Yet we still have little or no solid evidence on which to base the diagnosis or the treatment.
- Making the most of currently available bowel preparations for colonoscopy
The authors review the available regimens, offer an algorithm for choosing an appropriate regimen, and provide instructions for patients.
- Preventing and treating orthostatic hypotension: As easy as A, B, C
Easy-to-remember management recommendations, using a combination of effective drug and nondrug treatments.
- Noninvasive positive pressure ventilation: Increasing use in acute care
How this mode has evolved, and its indications and contraindications in specific acute care conditions.
- Breaking the cycle of medication overuse headache
Some migraine patients fall into a trap by overusing their headache medications. Fortunately, we can break the cycle.
