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- A clinician’s guide to managing Helicobacter pylori infection
A physician must choose carefully which patients to test, because widespread treatment is neither justified clinically nor cost-effective.
- Issues in anticoagulant therapy: Recent trials start to answer the tough questions
Three cases—an idiopathic deep venous thrombosis, a pulmonary embolism in a cancer patient, and scheduled surgery in a patient with a mechanical heart valve—introduce discussions of how evidence can be incorporated into clinical practice.
- New cervical cancer screening strategy: Combined Pap and HPV testing
Women age 30 and older can undergo combined Papanicolaou (Pap) and human papillomavirus (HPV) testing every 3 years instead of Pap testing alone every year, according to several professional societies.
- CT of the heart: Principles, advances, clinical uses
Computed tomography has become a standard test for aortic dissection and pulmonary embolism, and it has great potential for assessing coronary artery disease. We review its principles and its uses in cardiovascular medicine.
- Overactive bladder: Evaluation and management in primary care
An algorithm can help detect and manage this common problem.
- Could cardiac CT revolutionize the practice of cardiology?
Using computed tomography, physicians could move away from determining “probability” to establishing a definitive diagnosis of coronary artery disease.
- CCJM’s further evolution
The honor of succeeding Dr. John Clough as Editor-in-Chief comes with the responsibility of shepherding the continued evolution of the Journal.
- HIV update 2005
Therapy is out of reach for most people who need it in developing nations. Side effects of long-term therapy include fat redistribution, insulin resistance, dyslipidemia, and increased cardiovascular risk.
- A 46-year-old woman with rigidity and frequent falls
Her symptoms began 3 years ago and have progressed rapidly. Is it Parkinson disease, or is it another movement disorder?
- Electrodiagnostic testing of nerves and muscles: When, why, and how to order
Electrodiagnostic testing is a powerful tool, but when and how to use it is not always clear.