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- Diastolic dysfunction and heart failure: Causes and treatment options
Although diastolic dysfunction is the underlying problem in at least one third of cases of heart failure, it is still poorly understood.
- What’s your opinion of CCJM’s Patient Information page?
Is our Patient Information page useful “as is,” or are changes in order? Let us know.
- Incorporating soy protein into a low-fat, low-cholesterol diet
The USDA recommends eating at least 25 g/day of soy protein as part of a low-fat diet to reduce LDL levels.
- Diagnosis and treatment of gastroesophageal reflux disease in the elderly
As people age, GERD becomes more common, more likely to cause complications, and more challenging to diagnose and treat.
- If it ain’t broke, what are we trying to fix? Reprocessing devices labeled“for single use only”
A new FDA rule will enrich the manufacturers of medical devices and saddle us with another layer of bureaucracy. All to fix a nonexistent problem.
- Osteoarthritis: No cure, but many options for symptom relief
For most patients, management options consist of nonpharmacologic and pharmacologic therapy Disease-modifying drugs may be on the horizon.
- Vaginitis: Finding the cause prevents treatment failure
To diagnose and manage vaginitis, there is no substitute for performing a physical and microscopic examination.
- Diabetic gastropathy: A practical approach to a vexing problem
A stepwise approach can improve symptoms and quality of life while providing adequate nutrition.
- Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia: How to manage it, how to avoid it
What to do when heparin paradoxically causes the very problem it is given to prevent.
- Long-term medical complications of heart transplantation: Information for the primary care physician
Caring for heart-transplant recipients is a team effort, and primary care physicians play a key role.