Latest Articles
- Cancer prevention: what the physician can do
The ability to improve the control of cancer today depends more on primary care screening and prevention than on curative interventions at the subspecialty level.
- 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.
- Management of acute myocardial infarction in the elderly
Because elderly patients are at greater cardiac risk than younger patients, they have more to gain from treatment. Risk-benefit analysis plays a pivotal role in treatment decision-making, since treatments may pose more risk for older patients.
- A 56-year-old woman with syncope, chest pressure, and exertional dyspnea
A self-test featuring a challenging clinical presentation.
- Antiepileptic drug therapy in younger patients: when to start, when to stop
Recent studies suggest that antiepileptic drug therapy can be discontinued in many young patients after a 2-year seizure-free interval.