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- Take charge of your e-mail!
Although e-mail is supposed to help people save time, for many it has become a burden. You can fight e-mail overload by taking steps to decrease the amount of unwanted e-mail you receive and by managing your inbox in an organized manner.
- IgA nephropathy: Challenges and opportunities
We now have a reasonably complete understanding of the pathogenesis of this disease, but its etiology remains mysterious, its therapy remains largely empiric, and its course remains hard to predict. Many opportunities exist for improvement.
- Sudden hair loss associated with trachyonychia
A 30-year-old woman has been having episodes of sudden hair loss in well-demarcated areas of her scalp for the past 6 months. What is the most likely diagnosis?
- VTE prevention in major orthopedic surgery (Supplement 3 to Volume 75, April 2008)
Venous thromboembolism prevention in major orthopedic surgery.
- Bacterial conjunctivitis: A review for internists
It is critical to differentiate bacterial conjunctivitis from other types of conjunctivitis and more serious vision-threatening conditions so that patients can be appropriately treated and, if necessary, referred to an ophthalmologist.
- Perioperative beta-blockers in noncardiac surgery: Evolution of the evidence
The pendulum of opinion is swinging away from routinely recommending beta-blockers to prevent cardiac events in surgical patients. We will probably be using them more selectively than in the past.