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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.
- 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.
- The Hope Study
In this landmark trial, ACE inhibitors showed benefit beyond lowering blood pressure.
- An elderly man with intermittent right arm numbness and polycythemia
What is the cause of this patient’s symptoms? A self-test on a clinical case.