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Ebola virus: Questions, answers, and more questionsThe clinical virology of Ebola virus, the reported proposed treatments, and an overview of the current outbreak.
- Syncope: Etiology and diagnostic approach
There are three major types: neurally mediated, orthostatic, and cardiac. The goal is to rule out structural heart disease.
- Is antibiotic treatment indicated in a patient with a positive urine culture but no symptoms?
Some groups should be screened and treated, eg, pregnant women and patients undergoing an invasive urologic procedure.
- Diabetes therapy and cancer risk (October 2014)
A reader comments on the risk of cancer with diabetes drugs (October 2014).
- Sarcoidal infiltration of tattoos
Corticosteroid treatment resulted in clinical improvement after 3 months.
- Perioperative medicine: Combining the science and the art
Although we may wish for “cookbook” guidelines, often we must practice the “art” of medicine.
- Women and HIV: An expanded perspective
HIV preys on the vulnerable. Testing is crucial. Pre-exposure prophlyaxis is an attractive concept but an incomplete solution.
- Acute respiratory distress syndrome: Implications of recent studies
A review of the new definition of this disease and new important studies of ventilatory and nonventilatory therapies.
- Miss the ear, and you may miss the diagnosis
A 52-year-old woman presented with pain, redness, and swelling in both ears, sparing the earlobes.