More articles from Editorial
- Bariatric surgery: Part of the answer to the obesity epidemic
Bariatric surgery is not the total answer to obesity, but it can be an integral part of a comprehensive weight-management program.
- Health care worker, vaccinate thyself: Toward better compliance with influenza vaccination
At our hospital, workers can decline to be vaccinated, but everyone must go to our Web site and be counted.
- Inhaled human insulin: Coup or caution?
Inhaled human insulin is a big step forward, but it comes with cautions, concerns, and additional responsibilities.
- CABG OR PCI? An Interventional Cardiologist’s Perspective
Neither the New York study nor Dr. Casserly provides a plausible explanation for why CABG might offer a survival advantage.
- CABG or PCI? A cardiothoracic surgeon’s perspective
The preference for treating multivessel coronary disease with percutaneous interventions is not justified.
- Should all patientswith chronic kidney disease receive an EPO-type drug?
Many patients either do not receive these drugs or have low hemoglobin levels despite treatment. Thus, there are opportunities for better management.
- In rebuttal: Osteopenia is a useful diagnosis
Eliminating the term “osteopenia” would foster complacency and a do-nothing attitude toward a serious and common disease.
- Dose-related statin myopathy: Is it an issue?
Higher doses lead to more cases of myopathy, a potentially serious problem. Fortunately, the incidence is very low.
- Highly resistant HIV: If not a super strain, at least a wake-up call
Even if it is too soon to sound the alarm about a “super strain,” we must redouble our prevention efforts.