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- 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.
- Chronic lymphocytic leukemia: A brief review
CLL, the most common type of leukemia, is often discovered incidentally when a routine complete blood count is performed. This paper reviews the pathology, diagnosis, and treatment of CLL.
- Stress ulcer prophylaxis: The case for a selective approach
Although stress-related mucosal damage is common in critically ill patients, the risk of significant gastrointestinal bleeding appears to be confined to patients with certain risk factors. A full-color illustration explaining the pathogenesis of stress-related mucosal damage accompanies this article.
- Vancomycin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: An emerging public health threat
Three reported cases of S aureus with intermediate susceptibility to vancomycin raise fears that high-level vancomycin resistance may soon be seen. Physicians need to limit their use of vancomycin, and hospitals need to intensify their infection-control efforts.
- A 52-year-old woman with skin lesions and liver function abnormalities
The patient presents to her doctor with a pruritic rash of 6 weeks’ duration. What is the diagnosis and treatment?
- The uncertain role of immunosuppressive agents in Sjögren’s syndrome
Although Sjögren’s syndrome is an autoimmune disorder, immunosuppressive agents have yielded disappointing results in clinical trials.
- Medical McCarthyism: Medicare, teaching hospitals, and charges of health care fraud
Real fraud cannot be tolerated, but spurious fraud charges are equally intolerable.