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Testing and treatment options for this increasingly common infection and current thinking about the various prognostic factors.
- Recognizing the stress of infertility
Infertility imposes substantial stress on couples and their marriages. Physicians can help by recognizing the stress and making appropriate referrals.
- A practical guide for peak expiratory flow monitoring in asthma patients
The peak expiratory flow rate is an objective measure of airflow obstruction that patients can learn with little difficulty.
- Myths and facts about Lyme disease
The myth of Lyme disease holds that it is common, protean in its manifestations, and incurable. In reality, Lyme disease is none of these things.
- H pylori 1997: Testing and treatment options
Which tests for Hpylori are most useful? Which treatment regimens are most effective?
- Evaluation and medical management of female urinary incontinence
Urinary incontinence should not be accepted as inevitable. Primary care clinicians should take an active role in treatment.
- Clinical implications of the interaction between hypothyroidism and the cardiovascular system
Hypothyroidism frequently causes cardiovascular manifestations that can complicate treatment of both the hypothyroidism and any underlying cardiovascular disease.
- Managing latex allergy in patients and health care workers
Latex products we use every day may cause serious problems for patients and coworkers. Health care providers must develop a plan for protecting allergic patients and staff from latex exposure.
- Acute dissection of the aorta: options for diagnostic imaging
Although medical therapy should be started as soon as dissection of the aorta is suspected, new imaging methods help confirm the diagnosis.
- Current status of stress echocardiography in the diagnosis of coronary artery disease
Electrocardiography with exercise or pharmacologic stress is gaining clinical acceptance, but its accuracy depends on the expertise of the people who perform it.