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The authors review the definition and prevalence of resistant hypertension and its diagnostic workup and management, including lifestyle modifications, drugs, and experimental therapies.
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Who is at risk? Which tests should be ordered? How does the disease course affect management decisions? What instructions should you give patients? And other questions.
- Bone turnover markers to monitor oral bisphosphonate therapy
Rapid changes in levels of bone turnover markers can be useful in monitoring the effectiveness of therapy and improving adherence to therapy.
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Recognition of skin reactions and their implications is beneficial to clinicians in shaping patient counseling and anticipatory guidance. An illustrated guide.
- Statins may increase diabetes, but benefit still outweighs risk
The weight of the evidence suggests that statin use is associated with an increased risk of new-onset diabetes mellitus, but the magnitude of the effect has varied across studies.
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The authors review identifying individuals at risk, treatment options founded on lifestyle modification, and when to consider referring patients to a hepatologist.
- On the horizon: Extracorporeal carbon dioxide removal
Extracorporeal carbon dioxide removal to treat hypercapnic respiratory failure has been studied in acute respiratory distress syndrome, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, asthma, and other conditions.
- Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo: Effective diagnosis and treatment
The authors review how to differentiate this balance disorder from others, and how best to treat it with position-changing maneuvers.
- Reducing the risk of breast cancer
Breast cancer remains the most common malignancy in US women. Reducing this burden involves identification of high-risk individuals and personalized risk management.
- Geriatric update 2022: Preventing Alzheimer disease and more
Key topics include Alzheimer dementia, effects of frailty and social isolation, COVID-19 risks in patients with dementia, hospital-at-home programs, deprescribing antihypertensive drugs, bisphosphonate-related fractures, and cannabis use.