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The US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recently published a guideline on the use of calcium and vitamin D supplements to prevent fractures in adults. I agree with two-thirds of their recommendations.

The USPSTF recently threw cold water on the use of these supplements, but the findings need to be put in context.

Recovering addicts are more likely to avoid returning to the use of opiates if they participate in a program that includes taking maintenance doses of methadone or buprenorphine.

The diagnostic evaluation should include an assessment for structural heart disease and ambulatory Holter monitoring.

Progress in managing this disease has been disappointing, but clinicians are learning to recognize it and treat it supportively better than in the past.

A 45-year-old woman presents to the emergency room with cramps and paresthesias in her hands and feet. What is going on?

The patient has colon cancer, a repaired abdominal aortic aneurysm, and now, worsening abdominal pain.

Although no randomized trial has yet shown that the test improves outcomes, it is best used in asymptomatic patients at intermediate risk.

Despite more than 2 decades of use and data from hundreds of thousands of patients, the test remains poorly understood.

Readers comment on the role of sleep apnea in resistant hypertension (February 2013).