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Polycystic ovary syndrome: Pathogenesis and treatment over the short and long termPCOS can lead to serious sequelae such as endometrial or ovarian cancer, diabetes mellitus, and coronary artery disease.
- Thyrotoxicosis and the cardiovascular system: Subtle but serious effects
One should suspect thyrotoxicosis in patients with palpitations, tachycardia, exercise intolerance, or dyspnea on exertion.
Should everyone with a recent myocardial infarction receive a beta-blocker and an ACE inhibitor?Yes, except for those with the standard contraindications to these drugs.
- Cyber-CME and the Journal’s computer-literate readers
Congratulations to you, our readers, on your adaptability and computer literacy.
Gallbladder disease: An update on diagnosis and treatmentCurrent diagnostic techniques and treatments offer results equal to or better than those of earlier methods, are less invasive, and allow patients to recover faster.
- A truly deadly quartet: obesity, hypertension, hypertriglyceridemia, and hyperinsulinemia
The best available treatment is to control one’s weight, exercise regularly, stop smoking, and eat a healthy diet.
- Emphysema in nonsmokers: Alpha 1-antitrypsin deficiency and other causes
The 10% of patients with emphysema who never smoked deserve a workup for its less common causes, including genetic risk modifiers and occupational exposures.
Which children and adults should receive the chickenpox vaccine?It should be given to all seronegative children and adults in whom it is not otherwise contraindicated.
- Who is conducting the deadly quartet?
The metabolic syndrome warrants aggressive intervention and prevention, even if we cannot explain it yet.
