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- The constitutionality of physician-assisted suicide: the cases and issues before the US Supreme Court
How the Court rules on physician-assisted suicide will spur further legal debate for decades.
- When and how to use serum tumor markers in clinical practice
Clinicians have long wanted a simple test sensitive enough to detect cancer in its early stages, yet specific enough to not produce false-positive results. Unfortunately, no such ideal test exists, or is likely to.
- Eradication of polio and guinea worm disease
Two ancient scourges of mankind will soon follow smallpox into extinction if World Health Organization campaigns are successful.
- Fever, rash, and arthralgias in a male adolescent
A previously healthy boy presents with a 6-week history of intermittent fever, diffuse erythematous rash, and polyarthralgias.
- Changing diagnostic and treatment strategies for chronic sinusitis
Considerable debate continues over the nature and treatment of chronic sinusitis. Anaerobic bacteria and antibiotic-resistant organisms are complicating treatment.
- Peptic ulcer bleeding: perspectives on some common dilemmas
Not all patients with peptic ulcer bleeding need endoscopic therapy, intensive care, or even hospital admission; clinical signs and endoscopic findings determine the need for various levels of care.
- Smoking and the complications of diabetes mellitus
Even though persons with diabetes have more to gain from quitting smoking than those without diabetes, the prevalence of smoking in the diabetic population is surprisingly high.
- Eating disorders in adolescents and young adults: What’s a primary care clinician to do?
Eating disorders can be readily detected by recognizing certain "red flags" and by asking appropriate questions. Primary care clinicians play a key role in detecting and managing eating disorders.