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- Kuru and mad cow disease: Understanding the prion theory
With the recent controversy in England over mad cow disease, there is a growing understanding that prions are not just a medical curiosity, but a grave public health threat. With an illustration explaining how proteins can mutate and become infectious.
- Cardiovascular disease myths and facts
Physicians need to overcome the myths that cardiovascular disease is going away and is a good way to die, as these myths are undermining research and prevention efforts.
- Some perspective on Viagramania
The sales of Viagra are not surprising, given that the search for a drug to enhance sexual performance is as old as written history.
- Managing solitary pulmonary nodules
The goals of management are to resect malignant tumors while avoiding unnecessary thoracotomy of benign nodules. But sometimes this is not easy.
- Sildenafil (Viagra) for treating male erectile dysfunction
A brief overview of sildenafil, the first oral drug for treating erectile dysfuntion. With an illustration showing how the drug works.
- Cancer information and the Internet: Benefits and risks
The Internet has potential to educate the public about health care, Kit also can harm through misleading and deceptive information.
- The connection between chronic fatigue syndrome and neurally mediated hypotension
Some research indicates that some patients with chronic fatigue syndrome have abnormal vasovagal or vasodepressor responses to upright posture. But subsequent studies have not corroborated these results.
- The EPILOG Trial
The platelet glycoprotein Ilb/IIIa inhibitor abciximab, together with heparin in a low, weight-adjusted dose, markedly reduced the risk of acute ischemic complications during angioplasty, without increasing the risk of hemorrhage.