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- Oral disease in the geriatric patient: the physician’s role
By being alert for common oral problems, physicians can help their elderly patients maintain function and quality of life.
- Stress echocardiography: its emerging role in identifying viable myocardium
In patients with chronic ischemia or left ventricular systolic dysfunction, this test can indicate whether the damaged myocardium is still viable and, therefore, whether revascularization would be beneficial.
- Dopamine agonists in the treatment of Parkinson’s disease
Bromocriptine or pergolide can control symptoms when used alone or as an adjunct to Levodopa therapy, and can permit a lowering of the levodopa dose.
- Current status of stress echocardiography in the diagnosis of coronary artery disease
Electrocardiography with exercise or pharmacologic stress is gaining clinical acceptance, but its accuracy depends on the expertise of the people who perform it.
- Pathogenesis of epilepsy: the role of excitatory amino acids
These neurotransmitters seem to play a role in brain development—and also in seizures. Experimental drugs can block their action.
- Chest pain in a patient with congenital heart disease
A self-test featuring a challenging clinical presentation.
- Advances in migraine management
New drugs and a better understanding of migraine's pathogenesis are improving the outlook for patients with this debilitating disorder.
- Radical hysterectomy for cervical cancer: the effect of shorter length of stay on outcome
Radical hysterectomy and pelvic lymph-node dissection continue to be a safe and effective treatment for limited cervical carcinoma.
- Smoking cessation: the physician's role
Patients who come to see a physician are concerned about their health and are receptive to advice. Physicians need to remind patients who smoke of the many dangers of smoking, and encourage those who decide to stop through the long, difficult process of quitting.