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More than 60% of patients undergoing angioplasty now receive stents. Do the benefits outweigh the risks?
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Chronic fatigue is a mystery. This does not mean that it is not real, or that physicians cannot help.
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- New insulin replacement technologies: Overcoming barriers to tight glycemic control
Several new pharmacologic and technologic innovations should make life easier for diabetic patients who require insulin. With an illustration depicting new options that are either available or under development.
- Colorectal cancer screening: Making sense of the different guidelines
Colon cancer screening is dismally underused. A review of the guidelines from three different groups, with recommendations in areas of controversy.
- Gastrointestinal and renal involvement in vasculitis: Management strategies in Henoch-Schönlein purpura
Available evidence favors a short course of oral corticosteroids for gastrointestinal involvement and aggressive immunotherapy for progressive HSP nephritis, but the data are sparse.
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A simple diagnostic and treatment strategy that emphasizes nonsurgical treatment for this frustrating condition.
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