Table of Contents
From the Editor
- Cyber-CME and the Journal’s computer-literate readers
Congratulations to you, our readers, on your adaptability and computer literacy.
Review
- Relieving migraine pain: Sorting through the options
Even with effective treatments, including new drugs in convenient dosage forms, the key is still a good working patient-physician relationship.
Patient Information
Review
Polycystic ovary syndrome: Pathogenesis and treatment over the short and long termPCOS can lead to serious sequelae such as endometrial or ovarian cancer, diabetes mellitus, and coronary artery disease.
1-Minute Consult
- Should everyone with a recent myocardial infarction receive a beta-blocker and an ACE inhibitor?
Yes, except for those with the standard contraindications to these drugs.
Review
- New guidelines: What to do about an unexpected positive tuberculin skin test
With tuberculosis declining in prevalence, the focus is shifting to testing only persons at increased risk.
Patient Information
Review
- Thyrotoxicosis and the cardiovascular system: Subtle but serious effects
One should suspect thyrotoxicosis in patients with palpitations, tachycardia, exercise intolerance, or dyspnea on exertion.
1-Minute Consult
- Alosetron (Lotronex) is back: Should I use it to treat my patients with irritable bowel syndrome?
The FDA recently approved the remarketing of alosetron, but with strict limitations.
Im Board Review
- A 62-year-old man with sudden onset of orthopnea and left shoulder weakness and pain
What is the cause of this patient’s symptoms? A self-test.
