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- The search for diagnostic criteria in Alzheimer’s disease: an update
Although much is known of the histopathologic findings in this disease, definitive diagnostic criteria are still lacking.
- Common complications and emergencies associated with cancer and its therapy
An update on management of superior vena cava syndrome, malignant pericardial effusions, hypercalcemia, tumor lysis syndrome, febrile neutropenia, and other problems.
- Medical treatment of pituitary tumors
A brief review of appropriate drug therapy in hyperprolactinemia, prolactinoma, and acromegaly.
- Attitudes toward childbearing and changes in sexual and contraceptive practices among HIV-infected women
After studying 46 women with HIV infection, the authors found that counseling often was not adequate and that, though sexual practices changed, further study is needed to see if these changes are sustained.
- Influencing health behavior: physicians as agents of change
Physicians’ rediscovery of their role as educators, not simply interventionists, is the key to the medicine of the future.
- Long-term follow-up of children after repair of atrial septal defects
The authors advocate repair of atrial septal defects as early as possible, definitely "before age 5, in order to minimize long-term complications of left-to-right shunting.