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Left ventricular hypertrophy: An overlooked cardiovascular risk factorAntihypertensive treatment that causes left ventricular hypertrophy to regress also decreases rates of cardiovascular morbidity and death, independently of how much the blood pressure is lowered.
- Update on the management of hirsutism
Hirsutism causes considerable anxiety in women. Although it is itself benign, it is often the sign of an underlying and possibly serious endocrine condition.
Laryngopharyngeal reflux: More questions than answersMost patients with suspected laryngopharyngeal reflux are given a 2-month trial of a proton pump inhibitor. Yet we still have little or no solid evidence on which to base the diagnosis or the treatment.
- Making the most of currently available bowel preparations for colonoscopy
The authors review the available regimens, offer an algorithm for choosing an appropriate regimen, and provide instructions for patients.
- Preventing and treating orthostatic hypotension: As easy as A, B, C
Easy-to-remember management recommendations, using a combination of effective drug and nondrug treatments.
- Noninvasive positive pressure ventilation: Increasing use in acute care
How this mode has evolved, and its indications and contraindications in specific acute care conditions.
- Vaccine update 2010: Keeping up with the changes
Changes and additions to the vaccination schedule for children, adolescents, and adults.
Risks of travel, benefits of a specialist consultBefore going abroad to risky areas, most people ought to visit their primary care physicians, and many should be referred to a specialist in travel medicine.
- Breaking the cycle of medication overuse headache
Some migraine patients fall into a trap by overusing their headache medications. Fortunately, we can break the cycle.
- New tools for detecting occult monoclonal gammopathy, a cause of secondary osteoporosis
Osteoporosis can be the presenting sign of a monoclonal gammopathy, which in some people may precede a diagnosis of multiple myeloma.