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- Emergency contraception: Separating fact from fiction
Patients can now buy emergency contraceptives over the counter, but physicians should still take every opportunity to discuss effective contraceptive options.
- Why not a shot of prevention?
Last year the flu season was surprisingly mild, but this should not lull us into a lackadaisical approach to offering vaccination to all of our patients.
- Nail pigmentation and fatigue
A number of conditions can cause discoloration of the nails. What is the diagnosis?
- Chronic lymphocytic leukemia and apparent hyperkalemia
The day after chemotherapy, the patient’s plasma potassium level was 7.7 mmol/L and the next day it rose to 10.9, but he had no signs or symptoms of hyperkalemia. What was the cause?
Male hypogonadism: More than just a low testosteroneConfronted with a low serum testosterone level, physicians should not jump to the diagnosis of hypogonadism. Confirmation and thorough evaluation are warranted.
- Home testing: The metamorphosis of attitudes about HIV infection
Most of us have not spent the past 25 years on the front line against the AIDS epidemic, but we all have been touched by it.
- Cognitive impairment in ICU survivors: Assessment and therapy
Cognitive impairment occurs in up to one-third of patients after a stay in the intensive care unit. Prevention is the prevailing strategy, since data on treatment are scarce.