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- Promoting physical activity in older women to maximize health
The optimal type, intensity, and level required to achieve specific health outcomes depend on the disease the patient and clinician are trying to prevent or manage.
- The current state of tobacco cessation treatment
Behavioral interventions and pharmacotherapy increase success rates. Alternative treatments should not replace or delay the use of known effective therapies.
- Famous and not-so-famous physical findings in infectious endocarditis: A look back
It is difficult to find a disease more emblematic of the practice of internal medicine.
- Dual antiplatelet therapy after percutaneous coronary intervention: Personalize the duration
A review of current guidelines on the duration of therapy and perioperative management.
- Evolving distal signs
The patient’s evolving signs and symptoms prompted a reconsideration of his diagnosis.
- Medical complications of bulimia nervosa
Complications can affect all body systems, but especially the renal and electrolyte systems.
- Is it safe to start steroids at home for a COPD exacerbation after virtual assessment in the COVID-19 era?
Yes. Corticosteroids are beneficial, and virtual visits are appropriate, especially in this pandemic.
- Our evolving understanding of primary aldosteronism
Current screening and confirmatory testing lack sensitivity and carry a poor negative predictive value.
- Frequently asked questions about managing cancer pain: An update
Pain management can involve pharmacologic and nonpharmacologic therapies.
- A cutaneous clue to HIV infection
A retired trucker presented with fever, cough, dyspnea, and a rash on his forehead.