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- Of rice, grain, and zeal: Lessons from Drs. Kempner and Esselstyn
Two physicians who successfully motivated their patients to make lifestyle changes were true believers.
- Rosacea: An update
Early diagnosis and thoughtful management help control the disease and minimize discomfort and emotional distress.
What is the appropriate initial dose of corticosteroids to treat giant cell arteritis?A lower dose than traditionally used may be enough to control symptoms and prevent blindness while minimizing adverse effects.
- Maximizing antihypertensive management in the elderly
A checklist of specific considerations when treating hypertension in the elderly.
- Fibrinolytic therapy in the elderly: Making sense of troubling new findings
Do patients older than 75 years with acute MI benefit from fibrinolytic therapy? For now, we have to live with uncertainty.
- New options for untreatable coronary artery disease: Angiogenesis and laser revascularization
Angiogenesis and laser revascularization may help the growing group of patients who have run out of other options.
- Palliative medicine: Old dogs and new tricks
Some older drugs can be used for off-label indications, to either substitute for or augment the palliative action of approved drugs.
- Preventing prescription drug abuse
Curb prescription drug abuse by recognizing the warning signs and setting firm prescribing policies for your practice.
- Cisapride: Limited access and alternatives
Linked to cases of fatal arrhythmias, cisapride can still be prescribed, but only under a strict limited-access program.