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- Supplements and the prostate: Widespread use, little evidence
What should we tell the many men who take supplements for the prostate?
- When should prophylactic colectomy be considered in patients with ulcerative colitis?
Prophylactic colectomy eliminates the risk of colorectal cancer, but almost always leads to a lower quality of life.
- Supersized America: Help your patients regain control of their weight
Despite disheartening statistics, patients are more likely to lose weight if their physicians encourage them to do so.
- Fungal nail infection: Assessing the new treatment options
Newer antifungal agents are more effective and better tolerated than older agents.
- How do you manage a healthy, asymptomatic, 24-year-old with a positive RPR on a premarital blood test?
A positive rapid plasma reagin must be confirmed or refuted, but if the history, physical, and laboratory studies are negative, there is a great chance it was falsely positive.
- Vertebral compression fractures: What time destroys, methylmethacrylate may mend
The sequelae of osteoporosis present numerous clinical challenges; several new surgical options show promise.
Vertebral compression fractures: Manage aggressively to prevent sequelaeAdvances in preventing and managing acute vertebral compression fractures can reduce their devastating impact, even in the face of an aging population.
- Pre-event smallpox vaccination: Unresolved issues
We are on the verge of the first phase of nationwide smallpox vaccination, but many questions remain unanswered.
- Challenges and choices in drug therapy for chronic pain
Chronic pain is different from acute pain, and its treatment is more challenging.
What are the key issues women face when ending hormone replacement therapy?A logical approach is to review why the patient is on HRT and to consider alternatives.