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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.
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.
- Tricyclic antidepressant poisoning
Tricyclic overdose—intentional or otherwise—is still common and can be lethal. Keep it in mind, and be aware of the pitfalls in its diagnosis.
- Diastolic dysfunction and heart failure: Causes and treatment options
Although diastolic dysfunction is the underlying problem in at least one third of cases of heart failure, it is still poorly understood.
