More articles from Review
Caring for women with HIV: Unique needs and challengesFertility, pregnancy, contraception, and aging must be taken into account.
- Diabetes therapy and cancer risk: Where do we stand when treating patients?
Several classes of diabetes drugs are under scrutiny for potentially promoting cancer in a population already at risk.
When patients on target-specific oral anticoagulants need surgeryUntil evidence-based guidelines are developed, clinicians will have to apply their knowledge of pharmacology.
- Managing snoring: When to consider surgery
If conservative measures fail, a variety of surgical procedures are designed to keep the airway open during sleep.
- The protein-sparing modified fast for obese patients with type 2 diabetes: What to expect
Committed patients can lose weight and control their diabetes, but they need encouragement and close supervision.
Radon and lung cancer: Assessing and mitigating the riskRadon exposure is the second most common cause of lung cancer, but the evidence so far does not support screening for lung cancer in people exposed to it.
- Hand, foot, and mouth disease: Identifying and managing an acute viral syndrome
This is typically a benign childhood infection—except when it isn’t so benign or when it occurs in an adult.
- New-onset epilepsy in the elderly: Challenges for the internist
New-onset epilepsy in the elderly requires navigating difficult diagnostic and treatment challenges.
- Perioperative beta-blockers in noncardiac surgery: The evidence continues to evolve
Initial studies in the 1990s were favorable, but evidence has been conflicting since then.
Patent foramen ovale and cryptogenic stroke: Many unanswered questionsIf a stroke has no obvious cause, should you look for a patent foramen ovale? And what should you do if you find one?