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- Spondyloarthropathies: Using presentation to make the diagnosis
Spondylitis is easy to miss and is often falsely assumed to be “just back pain.” Inhibitors of tumor necrosis factor show promise as treatments, but data are still limited.
- Hearing loss is often undiscovered, but screening is easy
Does your patient need a hearing aid? Primary care physicians—the gatekeepers of audiologic care—can play a more active role in improving the hearing of their adult patients.
- What physicians can do to prevent suicide
No one can predict whether any given patient will or will not attempt suicide, but we should notice when a patient might be at risk—and not be afraid to ask about it.
Omalizumab: Where does it fit into current asthma management?This drug offers substantial promise, but owing to its cost and other limitations, it is not a first-line therapy.
- Fish oil is no snake oil
That cod-liver oil I took as a child, though foul tasting, may have been good for my heart.
- In urologic surgery, the legendary becomes routine
To the internist, knowing how laparoscopic surgery is done is less important than knowing that it can be done, and when it is appropriate.
- ALLHAT says diuretics are better; ANBP2 says ACEs are better—Can we resolve the differences?
Two major clinical trials apparently differed about which class of drugs is best for high blood pressure. Or did they?
- When should patients be allowed to drive after ICD implantation?
The problem is not the device, it is the arrhythmia. A “one-size-fits-all” approach to restricting driving should be avoided.
- How great is the risk of transmitting the hepatitis C virus sexually?
Compared with other STDs, HCV poses a very low risk of sexual transmission.
