More articles from Review
- A common-sense approach to chronic fatigue in primary care
Chronic fatigue is a mystery. This does not mean that it is not real, or that physicians cannot help.
- Review of newer contraceptive agents
The latest in oral contraceptives, injectable progesterone, subdermal progestin implants, progesterone-releasing IUDs, emergency contraception, and male contraception.
- New insulin replacement technologies: Overcoming barriers to tight glycemic control
Several new pharmacologic and technologic innovations should make life easier for diabetic patients who require insulin. With an illustration depicting new options that are either available or under development.
- Colorectal cancer screening: Making sense of the different guidelines
Colon cancer screening is dismally underused. A review of the guidelines from three different groups, with recommendations in areas of controversy.
- Gastrointestinal and renal involvement in vasculitis: Management strategies in Henoch-Schönlein purpura
Available evidence favors a short course of oral corticosteroids for gastrointestinal involvement and aggressive immunotherapy for progressive HSP nephritis, but the data are sparse.
- Management of perimenopause: Focus on alternative therapies
What unregulated over-the-counter products are your patients taking? What do these products do?
- Diagnosis and treatment of glucocorticoid-induced osteoporosis
Nearly everyone loses bone mass when they take corticosteroids long-term. Physicians should take proactive steps to mitigate the problem.
- Diagnosing and treating plantar fasciitis: A conservative approach to plantar heel pain
A simple diagnostic and treatment strategy that emphasizes nonsurgical treatment for this frustrating condition.
- Falls in the elderly: Office-based evaluation, prevention, and treatment
When an elderly person falls, a medical evaluation and simple interventions can decrease the risk of further falls and injury.
- Carpal tunnel syndrome: The cause dictates the treatment
Repetitive trauma is but one of many causes of carpal tunnel syndrome, and conservative treatment is the rule. With an illustration showing the anatomy, signs, and symptoms of this problem.