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- Antireflux surgery in the proton pump inhibitor era
Although drug therapy with a proton pump inhibitor is the first-line treatment for gastro-esophageal reflux disease, surgery still has several specific indications.
- In Reply: Parkinson disease (January 2012)
Readers comment on previous articles about glucocorticoid-induced diabetes and adrenal failure (November 2011), essential tremor (December 2011), and Parkinson disease (January 2012).
- Update on contraceptive options: A case-based discussion
Contraceptive counseling is both an art and a science. Here, the authors present several common scenarios.
- Protease inhibitors: Silver bullets for chronic hepatitis C infection?
These new drugs are a major step forward, and multidrug regimens that include them are the new standard of care.
- Cervical cancer screening (November 2011)
Readers comment on the oral anticoagulant dabigatran (October 2011), and screening for cervical cancer (November 2011).
- Exploring the human genome, and relearning genetics by necessity
The field of medical genetics continues to advance far beyond what many of us were exposed to in medical school.