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- Primary biliary cirrhosis: Ursodiol effective, but think transplantation sooner
Ursodiol may slow the progression of primary biliary cirrhosis, but treatment is still mainly palliative, and liver transplantation is the only definitive therapy.
- Alternative medicine: Underevaluated or ineffective?
Ignorance of what our patients are taking is not bliss.
- Thrombolysis for acute ischemic stroke: Update on the beginning of a revolution
With t-PA used to treat ischemic stroke, acute stroke is a medical emergency similar to a myocardial infarction.
- Giant cell arteritis: Biopsy may not be diagnostic
Biopsy of suspected giant cell arteritis may he diagnostic in only 50% of cases.
- The high cost of terminal care: Balancing conflicting goals
In caring for patients at the end of life, physicians are often torn hy conflicting goals.
- Agitated dementia: Drug vs nondrug treatment
An individualized approach to identify and treat the cause of the agitation is more effective than simply prescribing neuroleptic drugs.
- Diagnosing Marfan syndrome is still based on clinical characteristics
Despite new genetic findings, the best way to diagnose Marfan syndrome is still the classic clinical findings.
- The herbal medicine boom: Understanding what patients are taking
One in three people take herbal medicines. A guide to common herbal preparations, their effects, side effects, and interactions.
- The diagnostic utility of c-ANCA in Wegener’s granulomatosis
A positive c-ANCA may suggest Wegener’s granulomatosis, but in most cases it should not be used instead of biopsy to make the diagnosis.