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Many studies found that religious belief and practice have a positive effect on physical and mental health. Physicians should try to understand and respect their patients’ beliefs.

Patients who avoid or limit animal products in their diets should be encouraged to take vitamin B₁₂ supplements or eat fortified foods.

Theoretic reasons and small studies suggest the two types of drugs may be useful in combination, but a definitive answer awaits the results of larger studies.

We now have four antiviral drugs for treating influenza. Who should receive them? Which one to use?

This recently discovered disease is a common cause of elevated liver enzymes. We are beginning to understand which patients are at greatest risk of progressive liver disease.

A framework for recognizing the many forms of psoriasis and a logical approach to therapy, which now includes, in severe cases, powerful immunosuppressive drugs.

Prompt diagnosis and treatment can prolong the patient’s life and improve the quality of his or her remaining days.

These potent antiplatelet agents constitute a breakthrough, hut questions remain about their safety, cost-effectiveness, and proper empiric use. With an illustration explaining the paradoxical prothrombotic effect of fibrinolytic drugs.