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- Angioplasty or fibrinolysis for acute MI?
Primary angioplasty is better than fibrinolytic therapy in acute myocardial infarction, but the advantage is not as large as we once thought.
- Two patients with neuroglycopenia
One patient suffers from periodic "silliness," the other suffers from syncope. What is the diagnosis and treatment?
- New hope for impaired physicians: Helping the physician while protecting patients
The medical profession lias greater awareness of the problem of substance abuse among physicians, and has set up programs to confront impaired physicians about their problem so they can overcome their resistance to treatment.
- New guidelines streamline diabetes diagnosis
Recent changes in the screening guidelines for diabetes should simplify the diagnostic process and identify more people who are at risk.
- Anorectic drugs and valvular heart disease: A biological and clinical perspective
The echocardiography appearance of valvular lesions associated with the use of fenfluramine and dexfenfluramine, and current suggestions on how to follow patients who took these drugs.
- New strategies for detecting and treating problem drinking
Alcohol use is now seen as a continuum from total abstinence to alcohol dependence, rather than an all-or-nothing condition.
- Joint National Committee on Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Pressure
The JNC VI report updates the standard of care in hypertension, advising physicians to be more diligent in lowering blood pressure, especially in patients with known risk factors.