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- A 30-year-old woman with headache
On the basis of the clinical picture and laboratory data, what is the most likely diagnosis?
- Adult vaccinations: a short review
Recommended use of vaccines against pneumococcal pneumonia, influenza, hepatitis A and B, varicella, measles, mumps, rubella, tetanus, and diphtheria.
- Evaluating adrenal incidentalomas
Adrenal incidentalomas are detected on approximately 1% to 2% of all abdominal CT scans. The question is, how clinically significant are they?
- Cyclospora: update on an emerging pathogen
Cyclospora cayetanensis, an emerging pathogen with worldwide distribution, causes diarrhea in both immunocompetent and HIV-infected patients, and was responsible for a 1996 outbreak in the United States.
- Cosmetic use of alpha-hydroxy acids
Alpha-hydroxy acids exfoliate dead skin cells, moisturize the skin, and possibly rejuvenate skin damaged by photoaging.
- Building-related illness and sick building syndrome: from the specific to the vague
Building-related illness, in which an identifiable factor causes a specific illness, is less common than sick building syndrome, in which there is no identifiable cause for nonspecific symptoms.
- Approach to adult patients with recurrent infections
How to recognize the underlying disorders in a variety of recurrent infections.
- Ethical issues in clinical trials in oncology
Ethical questions can arise in a number of situations in oncology clinical trials.
- The protein-sparing modified fast for obesity-related medical problems
This ketogenic diet of 800 calories per day is useful for carefully selected patients.