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- Detecting and managing subclinical hyperthyroidism
With physicians using TSH assays more often, they are encountering subclinical thyroid disease more frequently.
- Cancer and the mind: Separating fact from fiction
It is quite appropriate for physicians to encourage cancer patients to join support groups. However, these patients should not blame themselves or their emotions for causing the cancer.
- Understanding culture clashes in the clinical setting
Although conflict between people is common, some conflicts are the result of different cultural assumptions. These disagreements can complicate good communication between physician and patient.
- Health care reform in 1998: A resurging debate
This is an election year, so 1998 will be filled with intense debates about expanding Medicare eligibility, regulating managed care, and eliminating health care fraud.
- Chronic lymphocytic leukemia: A brief review
CLL, the most common type of leukemia, is often discovered incidentally when a routine complete blood count is performed. This paper reviews the pathology, diagnosis, and treatment of CLL.
- Protoivpump inhibitors for gastric acid-related disease
Proton-pump inhibitors are the most effective drugs for suppressing gastric acid production. Concerns over potential ill effects of hypergastrinemia have proved unfounded.
- New guidelines streamline diabetes diagnosis
Recent changes in the screening guidelines for diabetes should simplify the diagnostic process and identify more people who are at risk.