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The goals of management are to resect malignant tumors while avoiding unnecessary thoracotomy of benign nodules. But sometimes this is not easy.

What is the likely cause of this patient’s symptoms? A self-quiz on a clinical case.

The number of practitioners specializing in inpatient medicine is growing as a response to managed care’s push for better health outcomes and cost control.

With the recent controversy in England over mad cow disease, there is a growing understanding that prions are not just a medical curiosity, but a grave public health threat. With an illustration explaining how proteins can mutate and become infectious.

Physicians need to overcome the myths that cardiovascular disease is going away and is a good way to die, as these myths are undermining research and prevention efforts.

Much of the benefit of hospitalist care will be lost if we place the emphasis on wringing every last nickel out of the cost of providing care.

The number of practitioners specializing in inpatient medicine is growing as a response to managed care’s push for better health outcomes and cost control.

The sales of Viagra are not surprising, given that the search for a drug to enhance sexual performance is as old as written history.

A brief overview of sildenafil, the first oral drug for treating erectile dysfuntion. With an illustration showing how the drug works.