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- Heart failure is a fever: The cytokine connection
The discovery that inflammation contributes to heart failure may lead to new therapies for this disease.
- Factor V Leiden and Prothrombin G20210A
Genetic testing is useful only if the knowledge gained will affect the course of treatment.
- Diagnosis and treatment of gastroesophageal reflux disease in the elderly
As people age, GERD becomes more common, more likely to cause complications, and more challenging to diagnose and treat.
- Osteoporosis: Which current treatments reduce fracture risk?
With effective agents available, physicians should make osteoporosis treatment a priority, especially for patients at high risk.
- Can calcium and vitamin D supplementation adequately treat most patients with osteoporosis?
Although calcium and vitamin D play an important role in treating osteoporosis, they are not adequate by themselves.
- How to help your patients lose weight: Current therapy for obesity
Although weight-loss drugs won’t produce miracles, attempts at weight loss are worth the effort.
- The evolving role of hormone therapy in advanced prostate cancer
If the patient’s prostate-specific antigen level resumes rising after surgery or radiotherapy for prostate cancer, the next step is hormonal therapy.