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- What physicians can do to prevent suicide
No one can predict whether any given patient will or will not attempt suicide, but we should notice when a patient might be at risk—and not be afraid to ask about it.
Omalizumab: Where does it fit into current asthma management?This drug offers substantial promise, but owing to its cost and other limitations, it is not a first-line therapy.
- Fish oil is no snake oil
That cod-liver oil I took as a child, though foul tasting, may have been good for my heart.
- Fish oil supplementation: Evidence for health benefits
We have solid and compelling evidence that two long-chain omega-3 fatty acids help prevent coronary heart disease.
- Fitz-Hugh-Curtis syndrome: A diagnosis to consider in women with right upper quadrant pain
Does your patient need a hearing aid? Primary care physicians—the gatekeepers of audiologic care—can play a more active role in improving the hearing of their adult patients.
- In urologic surgery, the legendary becomes routine
To the internist, knowing how laparoscopic surgery is done is less important than knowing that it can be done, and when it is appropriate.
- ALLHAT says diuretics are better; ANBP2 says ACEs are better—Can we resolve the differences?
Two major clinical trials apparently differed about which class of drugs is best for high blood pressure. Or did they?
- When should patients be allowed to drive after ICD implantation?
The problem is not the device, it is the arrhythmia. A “one-size-fits-all” approach to restricting driving should be avoided.
- How great is the risk of transmitting the hepatitis C virus sexually?
Compared with other STDs, HCV poses a very low risk of sexual transmission.
- Laparoscopic prostatectomy: A promising option in the treatment of prostate cancer
We describe the technique and examine the outcome data so far.