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- Skin rash in a transplant patient receiving multiple drugs
He is on heparin, trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole, cyclosporine, and prednisone. Which one is the culprit, and what should be done?
- BK polyomavirus: A newly recognized threat to transplanted kidneys
An increasing serum creatinine concentration in a kidney transplant recipient should prompt a referral for reevaluation by the transplant center. Among the many possible causes: reactivation of latent BK polyomavirus infection.
- The needs of science vs the needs of patients: Ethical concernsin cancer clinical trials
Patients in cancer trials are not data points; they are vulnerable people who often view a clinical trial as their last hope.
- Alcohol and health: A drink a day won’t keep the doctor away
Do not advise patients to start drinking alcohol for its alleged cardiovascular benefits.
- Richard G. Farmer, MD: To Russia, with CME
Dr. Farmer, former chairman of The Cleveland Clinic’s Division of Medicine, has always been ahead of his time. Now he is working to improve the health of people in the former Soviet Union.