Table of Contents
Medical Grand Rounds
- New options for diagnosing and treating acromegaly
Insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1) is a more sensitive clinical marker of acromegaly than growth hormone. Two new somatostatin analogs are available for treatment. With an illustration explaining the growth hormone cascade.
Heart Failure Update
- New Series: Heart Failure Update
Heart failure is going to be every physician’s problem, regardless of specialty.
- The heart failure pandemic: Changing patterns, costs, and treatment strategies
As the definition of heart failure changes, new treatment strategies are needed to control costs and reduce suffering.
Cancer Diagnosis and Management
- Newer management options in patients with spinal metastasis
For some patients with spinal metastasis, new surgical options can prolong survival and immediately improve function. With an illustration that explains the new treatment options.
Review
- Pelvic inflammatory disease: The importance of aggressive treatment in adolescents
PID and its major sequelae of tubal scarring, chronic pelvic pain, and infertility are preventable if physicians diagnose it early and treat it aggressively. With an illustration explaining why adolescents are at greater risk for PID.
Internal Medicine Board Review
- A 40-year-old woman with a “windmill” pattern of sensory disturbance
What is the likely cause of this patient’s symptoms? A self-quiz on a clinical case.
Editorial
- The cruel “cancer cure” hype
The unrealistic hopes raised by recent news reports of an impending cure for cancer were cruel to patients.
