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- Insulin therapy and cancer risk (October 2014)
A reader comments on whether insulin therapy increases the risk of cancer (October 2014).
- Joint pain in a man with lung cancer
Hypertrophic pulmonary osteoarthropathy is characterized by proliferation of the skin and periosteal formation of new bone.
- Rule out pulmonary tuberculosis: Clinical and radiographic clues for the internist
As tuberculosis rates decline in the United States, clinicians are less likely to consider it early in a patient’s illness. Certain clinical and radiographic features increase the likelihood of tuberculosis. This review covers the clinical and radiographic features of tuberculosis, the initial evaluation of the patient, the use of airborne infection isolation, and the utility of new molecular techniques in diagnosing tuberculosis.
- 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.
- In Reply: Diabetes therapy and cancer risk (October 2014)
A reader comments on the risk of cancer with diabetes drugs (October 2014).
- A 41-year-old man with abdominal pain
His symptoms and imaging findings suggested an infarction in the spleen, but what caused the infarction?
- Ebola—lessons still to be learned
So far, the disease has barely touched our country, but it has had a big impact on our health care system and our national psyche.