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- A 61-year-old woman with edema, shortness of breath, and pleuritic chest pain
What is the likely cause of this patient’s symptoms? A self-quiz on a clinical case.
- The hospitalism Will inpatient specialists improve care
The number of practitioners specializing in inpatient medicine is growing as a response to managed care’s push for better health outcomes and cost control.
- Kuru and mad cow disease: Understanding the prion theory
With the recent controversy in England over mad cow disease, there is a growing understanding that prions are not just a medical curiosity, but a grave public health threat. With an illustration explaining how proteins can mutate and become infectious.
- Cardiovascular disease myths and facts
Physicians need to overcome the myths that cardiovascular disease is going away and is a good way to die, as these myths are undermining research and prevention efforts.
- Radiographic findings in Paget’s disease of bone
Often Paget’s disease of bone is asymptomatic and is detected during radiograph or laboratory testing for another complaint.
- Antimicrobial resistance: An ecological approach to a growing threat
Instead of confidently awaiting the next generation of antibiotics to conquer antibiotic resistance, physicians must take a humbler view. With an illustration explaining how bacteria acquire resistance.