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Medical Grand Rounds
- Is stress linked to heart disease?
Recent evidence confirms the popular folklore that mental stress has harmful effects on coronary health. Stress management programs are beneficial in coronary rehabilitation.
- New technology and new challenges for assisted reproduction
With advances in the science of reproduction come more options, and more ethical dilemmas.
Internal Medicine Board Review
- A 55-year-old man with idiopathic recurrent pancreatitis
What is the likely cause of this patient’s symptoms? A self-test on a clinical case.
Review
- Evaluating back pain in older patients
Low back pain in the elderly has a much wider range of possible causes than in younger patients. An illustration shows some of the causes.
Interpreting Key Trials
- The Veterans Affairs Non-Q-Wave Infarction Strategies in Hospital (VANQWISH) Study
Angiography still has a role in non-Q-wave MI, study results notwithstanding.
- The Hypertension Optimal Treatment Trial
In hypertensive patients, low-dose aspirin proves beneficial, but more-aggressive blood pressure treatment falls short—except in persons with diabetes.
Review
- Issues and controversies in venous thromboembolism
Discussions and recommendations on nine issues in thromboembolism, not commonly addressed in most reviews.