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- New drugs for reducing cardiovascular risk in women
Strategies to reduce cardiovascular risk in women, focusing on new drugs to treat diabetes and hyperlipidemia.
- Can the patient make treatment decisions? Evaluating decisional capacity
Evaluations of a patient's ability to make treatment decisions are common in everyday practice. Dr. Agich reviews the standards for evaluating decisional capacity.
- Do today's medical residents really have it better?
Despite changes designed to make medical education more humane, it is not easier to be an intern or resident today.
- The elderly driver: What physicians need to know
Objective measures of an elderly driver's accident risk are lacking, but a simple assessment of function can provide insights.
- Panic disorder in primary care: A cause of unexplained symptoms
Many symptoms of panic attacks are physical, making diagnosis difficult and often suggesting another illness.
- Vascular claudication: How to individualize treatment
Clinicians today have a wider variety of options for treating claudication, from medical therapy to angioplasty or surgery.
- Is intensive glycemic control worth the expense?
Is tight control of glucose levels cost-effective for type I diabetes? And what about type II diabetes?