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- The Different Faces of Thyrotoxicosis
Hyperthyroidism manifests itself in many ways, but clinical cues and the radioactive iodine uptake test can narrow the diagnosis.
- Can medicine serve both humanity and the bottom line?
Will the commitment to public health and community service be lost in the shift toward for-profit medicine?
- Strategies for managing atrial fibrillation
The limitations of current therapies for atrial fibrillation are forcing a rethinking of how they should be used.
- Preoperative autologous blood donation: clinical, economic, and ethical issues
Autologous blood transfusion is not without risk. The expense involved in reducing the use of allogeneic blood raises a number of ethical issues.
- Advances in cluster headache management
Cluster headache is often misdiagnosed, and, until recently, therapy was difficult. Verapamil has revolutionized treatment.
- Platelet transfusion therapy for medical and surgical patients
A discussion of the indications for platelet transfusions and factors that decrease their effectiveness.
- Benign prostatic hyperplasia: an approach for the internist
Paradoxically, the increase in treatment options for BPH is creating less certainty about which options to use. Some practical suggestions.
- Exercise and hypertension: common questions
Although for most patients with hypertension the benefits of exercise far outweigh the risks, surprisingly little data exists on this topic.