Latest Articles
- Should methotrexate be a first-line treatment for rheumatoid arthritis?
The evidence is in: Methotrexate is safe and effective as a first-line treatment for rheumatoid arthritis for many patients.
- Diagnosing and treating plantar fasciitis: A conservative approach to plantar heel pain
A simple diagnostic and treatment strategy that emphasizes nonsurgical treatment for this frustrating condition.
- Angioedema: Frightening and frustrating
The dramatic swelling of angioedema develops in minutes to hours. Often, no cause is apparent.
- Hypersensitivity syndrome to antiepileptic drugs: A review including new anticonvulsants
How to recognize this potentially fatal adverse reaction and choose a safe substitute drug.
- Should all diabetic patients take ACE inhibitors, even those without proteinuria?
To give ACE inhibitors to all diabetic patients would be premature, but these agents have clear indications in some patients.
- Management of perimenopause: Focus on alternative therapies
What unregulated over-the-counter products are your patients taking? What do these products do?
- Diagnosis and treatment of glucocorticoid-induced osteoporosis
Nearly everyone loses bone mass when they take corticosteroids long-term. Physicians should take proactive steps to mitigate the problem.
- Thalidomide’s tightly controlled “comeback”
A drug that was banned 40 years ago because of its potential for causing serious birth defects has found new uses—with strict safeguards.
- Beta2-microglobulin amyloidosis in renal failure: Understanding this recently recognized condition
Most long-term dialysis patients eventually acquire amyloid deposits, with resultant musculoskeletal problems. Yet, the condition was recognized only recently.