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- Series will emphasize practical cardiac diagnosis and management
Our cardiovascular board review series will provide teaching vignettes from our case files.
- We try to walk the line
Whenever we publish a review of a new drug, we run the risk of being perceived as promoting the drug.
- Surrogate markers are not ‘one-size-fits-all’
Blood glucose is a good marker of diabetes. Not so with bone density as a marker of osteoporosis.
- ‘Just listen to the patient’
Sometimes our patients really do tell us exactly what they have, if we listen with a prepared mind.
- It’s an exciting timeto be a rheumatologist
I recall giving patients gold shots. Now we have therapies that are truly golden.
- A great masquerader learns a new trick
Different generations of physicians have proposed various contenders for the title of “great masquerader.” I firmly believe that Clostridium difficile infection deserves a shot at the title.
- Abdominal aortic aneurysms: What we don’t seek, we won’t find
We don’t find abdominal aortic aneurysms as often as we should. In some patients we should consider ultrasonographic screening.
- Please return the postcard
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- A syringe in the hand is worth two birds in the bush
Short of a true pandemic, there is much we can do to make the 2005–2006 flu season a kinder, gentler one.
- Vascular disease: It’s not just the pipes
The management of patients with venous and arterial vascular disease keeps getting more complex.