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- Update on the diagnosis and treatment of human papillomavirus infection
Genotyping can distinguish viral subtypes that pose a high risk for cancer, but current therapies do not reliably eradicate the virus, and warts and neoplasia often recur after treatment.
Gallbladder disease: An update on diagnosis and treatmentCurrent diagnostic techniques and treatments offer results equal to or better than those of earlier methods, are less invasive, and allow patients to recover faster.
- A truly deadly quartet: obesity, hypertension, hypertriglyceridemia, and hyperinsulinemia
The best available treatment is to control one’s weight, exercise regularly, stop smoking, and eat a healthy diet.
- Emphysema in nonsmokers: Alpha 1-antitrypsin deficiency and other causes
The 10% of patients with emphysema who never smoked deserve a workup for its less common causes, including genetic risk modifiers and occupational exposures.
Which children and adults should receive the chickenpox vaccine?It should be given to all seronegative children and adults in whom it is not otherwise contraindicated.
- Discussing breast cancer and hormone replacement therapy with women
Although the Women’s Health Initiative showed an increased risk of breast cancer, the absolute risk is very low.
Bariatric surgery for morbid obesity: Why, who, when, how, where, and then what?Bariatric surgery can take weight off and keep it off, but it is not for everyone. Chances are, you will see more patients who want it or have had it.
- CME good and bad news: Now 1.5 hours, but you must go online
Bookmark this URL: www.ccjm.org. Starting with this issue, you must go online to get your CME credit. It’s easy, you get your certificate for 1.5 CME hours right away, and it’s still free.
- Making good decisions about diet: Weight loss is not weight maintenance
Lack of long-term data on very-low-carbohydrate diets makes their medically unsupervised use very troubling.
- Hematuria: An algorithmic approach to finding the cause
Many conditions can cause hematuria, but the differential diagnosis can be simplified with a systematic approach.