Latest Articles
- Screening guidelines: A matter of perspective
Guidelines are only guidelines: we should use them within a personalized context.
Caring for women with HIV: Unique needs and challengesFertility, pregnancy, contraception, and aging must be taken into account.
- Six screening tests for adults: What’s recommended? What’s controversial?
Guidelines for screening for abdominal aortic aneurysm and cancers of the colon, cervix, lung, breast, and prostate.
- A 61-year-old man with fluctuating hypertension
In this patient with diabetes, an episode of hypoglycemia led to an unexpected discovery.
- Does massive hemoptysis always merit diagnostic bronchoscopy?
The procedure can control the airway, find the source of the bleeding, and in some cases stop it.
- Why are we doing cardiovascular outcome trials in type 2 diabetes?
Lowering blood glucose alone may not reduce adverse cardiovascular events.
- Diabetes management: More than just cardiovascular risk?
Inadequate glycemic control remains the leading cause of blindness, kidney failure, and nontraumatic lower-limb amputation.
When patients on target-specific oral anticoagulants need surgeryUntil evidence-based guidelines are developed, clinicians will have to apply their knowledge of pharmacology.
- Why is metformin contraindicated in chronic kidney disease? (May 2014)
A reader comments on why metformin is contraindicated in chronic kidney disease, which was mentioned by Sakhuja et al (Cleve Clin J Med 2014; 81:289–299).
- Managing snoring: When to consider surgery
If conservative measures fail, a variety of surgical procedures are designed to keep the airway open during sleep.