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- Metabolic syndrome: Controversial but useful
The cluster of obesity, impaired fasting glucose, elevated triglycerides, low high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, and hypertension may not be a “real” syndrome in the strict sense, but it can still be a useful concept if it helps persuade patients to undertake healthy lifestyle changes.
- Managing genital herpes infections in pregnancy
Primary care physicians can improve the mother’s health and reduce the chance of transmission from mother to neonate by diagnosing and managing genital herpes before or during pregnancy—or better yet, by helping to prevent it.
Celiac disease: More common than you thinkThe disease is underrecognized because about half of people who have it do not have the classic gastrointestinal symptoms. Instead, they may present with nonspecific manifestations of nutritional deficiency or have no symptoms at all.
