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- Discussing breast cancer and hormone replacement therapy with women
Although the Women’s Health Initiative showed an increased risk of breast cancer, the absolute risk is very low.
Bariatric surgery for morbid obesity: Why, who, when, how, where, and then what?Bariatric surgery can take weight off and keep it off, but it is not for everyone. Chances are, you will see more patients who want it or have had it.
- CME good and bad news: Now 1.5 hours, but you must go online
Bookmark this URL: www.ccjm.org. Starting with this issue, you must go online to get your CME credit. It’s easy, you get your certificate for 1.5 CME hours right away, and it’s still free.
- Making good decisions about diet: Weight loss is not weight maintenance
Lack of long-term data on very-low-carbohydrate diets makes their medically unsupervised use very troubling.
- Hematuria: An algorithmic approach to finding the cause
Many conditions can cause hematuria, but the differential diagnosis can be simplified with a systematic approach.
- Mitral valve prolapse: Old beliefs yield to new knowledge
Many things we once believed about mitral valve prolapse have proved false.
- Elder abuse and neglect: What physicians can and should do
If you suspect that an abusive situation exists, what should you do?
- So you’re being sued: Do’s and don’ts for the defendant
You may be dangerously uninformed about a process you might well have to face: malpractice litigation.
- Collect the evidence; I’ll look at it in a minute
We have good evidence and guidelines. Why aren’t we using them more?