More articles from Review
- Cultural and clinical issues in the care of Asian patients
Three case studies that illustrate some of the special problems affecting the health care of Asian patients and ways to deal with them constructively.
- Biological and chemical terrorism: Recognition and management
Future terrorist attacks might involve a variety of chemical or biological agents, including nerve agents, blistering agents, hydrogen cyanide, ricin, anthrax, smallpox, plague, and botulinum toxin. Physicians are on the front line.
Our new understanding of pulmonary alveolar proteinosis: What an internist needs to knowRecent advances point to a defect in granulocyte-macrophage colony stimulating factor (GM-CSF) as a cause of this disease. New treatments are under study.
- Recognizing and treating diabetic autonomic neuropathy
Strict glycemic control can slow the onset of diabetic autonomic neuropathy and sometimes reverse it. Other treatments address specific symptoms.
- Role of alendronate and risedronate in preventing and treating osteoporosis
A review of the efficacy and use of the two oral bisphosphonates approved for preventing and treating osteoporosis.
- Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura-hemolytic uremic syndrome: Diagnosis and treatment
Prompt recognition of the condition and initiation of plasma exchange treatment are critical.
- Information at hand: Using handheld computers in medicine
If you are not using a handheld computer in your practice yet, chances are you soon will.
- In-stent restenosis: Update on intracoronary radiotherapy
Intracoronary radiotherapy at the time of repeat balloon angioplasty is proving effective in treating in-stent restenosis and lowering rates of recurrence.
- Drug-induced lung disease
Early diagnosis is important because stopping the drug usually reverses toxicity, whereas unrecognized toxicity can be progressive and even fatal.
- Physician’s guide to popular low-carbohydrate weight-loss diets
These diets can take pounds off fast but usually fail in the long term and can jeopardize health.
