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- Premenstrual dysphoric disorder: A review for the treating practitioner
There are a variety of treatments for this severe form of premenstrual syndrome. Caution is needed with alternative therapies.
- For low platelets, how low is dangerous?
The answer depends on the cause of the thrombocytopenia and on whether surgery or childbirth is planned.
Antioxidant studies need a change of directionA major flaw of the studies to date is that they failed to measure changes in levels of oxidative stress.
- Recent trials of antioxidant therapy: What should we be telling our patients?
Evidence does not support the indiscriminate use of vitamins A, C, or E or beta carotene to prevent or reduce cardiovascular disease.
- Birds, viruses, and history: The current ‘genuine adventure’
When I went to medical school, we were taught that viruses couldn’t jump from animals to humans. It looks like you can forget that rule.
- Fish oil supplementation: Evidence for health benefits
We have solid and compelling evidence that two long-chain omega-3 fatty acids help prevent coronary heart disease.
- Fitz-Hugh-Curtis syndrome: A diagnosis to consider in women with right upper quadrant pain
Does your patient need a hearing aid? Primary care physicians—the gatekeepers of audiologic care—can play a more active role in improving the hearing of their adult patients.
- When and how is it appropriate to terminate the physician-patient relationship?
This should be a last resort, done only in extreme cases, and only after trying to work things out, giving fair warning, and making sure you are not abandoning the patient.
