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- Strengthening the standards for preventing heart disease and stroke: The recent AHA guidelines
New guidelines call for managing risk factors more aggressively than ever before, especially in people at high risk.
- The case for insulin treatment early in type 2 diabetes
I hope to convince you that, in type 2 diabetes, insulin treatment should not be a last resort.
- Minimally invasive surgery for morbid obesity
The new technique appears to be as effective as conventional open surgery in taking weight off and keeping it off.
- 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.
