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Fecal microbiota transplantation: Current evidence and future directionsFecal microbiota transplantation is recognized for effectively treating recurrent Clostridioides difficile infection, prompting further investigation into its other possible clinical applications.
- Recreational cannabis legalization: Potential implications for individual and community health
The authors discuss evidence on the effects of legalized recreational cannabis on overall cannabis consumption, crime, traffic safety, and individual and community health.
- Managing noninsulin glucose-lowering medications before surgery: A comparison of clinical practice guidelines
Recommendations for adjusting the treatment regimen of each class of noninsulin glucose-lowering agents before surgery are discussed.
- Odontogenic cutaneous fistula
A 55-year-old woman with a history of systemic lupus erythematosus and secondary Sjögren syndrome presented with a 2-year history of facial swelling and intermittent drainage from a skin lesion on her left jaw.
- Immunotherapy meets William Shakespeare
Immune checkpoint inhibitors are potentially life-saving therapies that can trigger a wide range of autoimmune pathology.
- My adult patient’s hypercholesterolemia is not responding to statins—what’s next?
Further investigation is needed when patients do not meet their target low-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels with statin therapy alone.
- Nitrogen: The unsung hero of vascular physiology
The seventh element on the periodic table—nitrogen—may not come to mind often in day-to-day medical practice, but it is more exciting than you might think.
- IgA nephropathy: Update on pathogenesis and treatment
Renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system inhibitors or corticosteroids remain the cornerstone of therapy, but new agents targeting the different “hits” in the pathogenesis of IgA nephropathy are being introduced.
- Severe cutaneous reaction induced by allopurinol
Three weeks after starting allopurinol for gout, an 86-year-old woman presented with a maculopapular rash and painful blistering and erosions of the oral mucosa.
