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- Having the COURAGE to include PCI in shared decision-making for stable angina
In a select group, a PCI-first strategy does not reduce the risk of death, but it does relieve angina sooner.
- Finding balance: Optimizing medication prescribing in older patients
More than one-third of older adults in the United States take 5 or more medications. Consider deprescribing.
- Frailty and cardiovascular disease: A two-way street?
Frailty may be both a cause and a consequence of cardiovascular disease.
- Quality in urine microscopy: The eyes of the beholder
The renal patient is best served when the nephrologist familiar with the case performs the urine microscopy
- Obesity counseling: Beyond ‘eat less, move more’
Not all cancers are treated the same, and not all patients with diabetes are treated the same. The same should go for patients with obesity.
- Cervical cancer in African American women: Optimizing prevention to reduce disparities
Primary care providers play a crucial role in cancer control, including screening and follow-up.
- Whether to anticoagulate: Toward a more reasoned approach
The patient’s life expectancy and personal preferences are important and affect the decision.
- Statin therapy in the frail elderly: A nuanced decision
Clinicians—and patients—may reasonably feel there is value in statin therapy—even in advanced frailty.
- It’s time to consider pharmacotherapy for obesity
Consider using chronic weight-loss medications as adjunctive therapy if lifestyle and behavioral strategies are ineffective.
- Bedbugs: Awareness is key
Bedbugs are back, and they are everywhere. Not all who are bitten have reactions.