Table of Contents
From the Editor
- ‘Just listen to the patient’
Sometimes our patients really do tell us exactly what they have, if we listen with a prepared mind.
Editorial
Current Drug Therapy
Patient Information
The Clinical Picture
- Side effects of antidepressants: An overview
Noncompliance with antidepressant treatment remains worrisome. Educating and reassuring patients about potential side effects promotes effective treatment.
Im Board Review
Current Drug Therapy
Review
- New therapies for type 2 diabetes based on glucagon-like peptide 1
Several new agents are under development, and one has been approved. They will be attractive for a number of reasons.
Departments
- Assessing the risk of surgery in patients with liver disease
All liver disease is not the same, and neither is all surgery, but recent studies have defined objective criteria for determining when surgery is safe for patients with liver disease.