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The optimal thrombolytic therapy will be a cocktail of several thrombolytic, antithrombotic, and antiplatelet agents, each of which attacks different pathways of clot formation.

A 43-year-old woman presents with a 1-year history of intermittent nonproductive cough. What is the diagnosis and treatment?

A 43-year-old woman presents with a 1-year history of intermittent nonproductive cough. What is the diagnosis and treatment?

GERD often causes noncardiac chest pain, asthma, and ear, nose, and throat problems. Aggressive prevention of acid reflux, using either drugs or surgery, is the key to treatment.

We should be wary of getting carried away with HMO-bashing, lest we create a nightmarish system that has all the limited choices of managed care—without reducing costs.

In managing atrial fibrillation, should physicians try to restore and maintain sinus rhythm, or take a more conservative approach and try only to control the heart rate and prevent thromboembolism?

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.