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Under Ms. Hengstler’s guidance, the Journal has found and grown into its niche as an increasingly appreciated and widely read educational publication for the busy clinician.

Recommendations on how to find the optimal combination of agents that can slow the progression of heart failure while minimizing side effects.

With many models of psychotherapy available, finding a good fit between therapist and patient is crucial.

What is the cause of this patient’s cardiac symptoms? A self-test.

The tests will always be imperfect, but with better knowledge of how they perform, we can look at the clinical laboratory’s role in lupus diagnosis as a glass half full rather than half empty.

Do not rely on the antinuclear antibody test to make the distinction between fibromyalgia and lupus.

Rapid tests are highly specific but less sensitive. Throat culture is still the gold standard.

New formulations of interferon alfa that incorporate polyethylene glycol in the drug molecule are an important advance in the treatment of chronic hepatitis C.

The chief dangers from idiopathic retroperitoneal fibrosis— ureteral obstruction with loss of renal function, and other organ involvement—are avoidable and treatable with prompt diagnosis.

About 3% of people complain of daily viselike headaches without associated symptoms. Therapy consists of tricyclic antidepressants, biofeedback, and stress management, although solid data are lacking.