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Considering the gravity of the problem of heart failure, it makes sense to have as many alternative pathways to success as we can find.

Welcoming the first class of the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University.

Patients with acute coronary syndromes should receive aggressive lipid-lowering therapy with a statin in high doses. Goal low-density lipoprotein levels may need to be lower.

To control pain effectively in cancer patients, we must assess it regularly and consistently.

From 5% to 30% of adult patients with acute leukemias present with hyperleukocytosis and leukostasis. Prompt action is needed.

A careful and logical approach can promptly reveal the causative factor or factors in nearly all cases.

A patient previously controlled on warfarin now has bleeding and an INR of 7. What has changed?

Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, unknown only 2 decades ago, is now ubiquitous, especially among the obese.

The ARB candesartan was not only a good alternative to an ACE inhibitor, it was beneficial when added to a regimen that already included an ACE inhibitor and a beta-blocker.

Based on strong evidence, a patient with advanced ischemic cardiomyopathy should be taking nine medications. But it is difficult not to worry about polypharmacy.