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Recent changes in the screening guidelines for diabetes should simplify the diagnostic process and identify more people who are at risk.

Alcohol use is now seen as a continuum from total abstinence to alcohol dependence, rather than an all-or-nothing condition.

The JNC VI report updates the standard of care in hypertension, advising physicians to be more diligent in lowering blood pressure, especially in patients with known risk factors.

Proton-pump inhibitors are the most effective drugs for suppressing gastric acid production. Concerns over potential ill effects of hypergastrinemia have proved unfounded.

The echocardiography appearance of valvular lesions associated with the use of fenfluramine and dexfenfluramine, and current suggestions on how to follow patients who took these drugs.

CLL, the most common type of leukemia, is often discovered incidentally when a routine complete blood count is performed. This paper reviews the pathology, diagnosis, and treatment of CLL.