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How should a patient with an isolated GGT elevation be evaluated?Given GGT’s extremely low specificity, do not get on a merry-go-round of testing when this liver enzyme is elevated.
- Appropriate use of second-generation antihistamines
The newer antihistamines, with little or no effect on the central nervous system, have largely replaced older agents.
- Recognizing and managing depression in women throughout the stages of life
To treat depression in women effectively, one needs to appreciate how it is linked to the cycle of women’s lives.
- The Mediterranean diet and endothelial function: Why some dietary fats may be healthy
Some dietary fats, but not others, may impair endothelial function.
- Raloxifene: A new choice for treating and preventing osteoporosis
The pros and cons of estrogen replacement therapy, bisphosphonates, and raloxifene, the first of a new class of selective estrogen receptor modulators.
- Angioplasty and stenting in acute coronary syndromes: Who, when, how, and why
Questions remain about when and how to use these interventions.
- Pancreas transplantation in type 1 diabetes: Hope vs reality
Freedom from insulin injections, but at the price of lifelong immunosuppression.
- Tick trouble: Overview of tick-borne diseases
With suburbs expanding into rural areas, more Americans are coming into contact with tick-borne diseases.
Who should receive the Lyme disease vaccine?Even in endemic areas, not everyone needs to receive this newly released vaccine.