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Real fraud cannot be tolerated, but spurious fraud charges are equally intolerable.

The patient presents to her doctor with a pruritic rash of 6 weeks’ duration. What is the diagnosis and treatment?

Although Sjögren’s syndrome is an autoimmune disorder, immunosuppressive agents have yielded disappointing results in clinical trials.

Three reported cases of S aureus with intermediate susceptibility to vancomycin raise fears that high-level vancomycin resistance may soon be seen. Physicians need to limit their use of vancomycin, and hospitals need to intensify their infection-control efforts.

Although stress-related mucosal damage is common in critically ill patients, the risk of significant gastrointestinal bleeding appears to be confined to patients with certain risk factors. A full-color illustration explaining the pathogenesis of stress-related mucosal damage accompanies this article.

A high fasting plasma homocysteine level is an independent risk factor for atherosclerosis and venous thrombosis.

Percutaneous core needle biopsy, guided by digital three-dimensional x-ray imaging, offers a reasonable alternative to standard surgical biopsy.