Preventive Care
- In Reply: Assessing stable coronaryartery disease
CT angiography is the appropriate test to exclude left main disease.
- Acute pancreatitis secondary to hypertriglyceridemia
A man presents with acute severe abdominal pain and triglycerides 5,250 mg/dL.
- Long-term consequences of prematurity
Survivors of premature birth may have adverse health effects later in life.
- Double the reasons for giving the flu vaccine in 2020
Limiting the impact of other diseases, possibly including COVID-19.
- COVID-19 and flu: Dual threat, dual opportunity
Measures to combat COVID-19 can minimize the impact of flu, and vice versa.
- Does my healthy 65-year-old patient still need the 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV13)?
The short answer is no—but it is not that simple.
- The effect of disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs on vaccine immunogenicity in adults
Patients can have variable responses to vaccines, depending on the vaccine and the DMARD.
- Overcoming obesity: Weight-loss drugs are underused
Successful management of obesity requires a multifaceted approach.
- Trying to get ahead of Alzheimer disease
Sorting out patients destined to have Alzheimer disease remains a challenge.
- Should women with HPV-related noncervical cancers be considered at high risk for cervical cancer?
Yes. Lacking guidelines, close surveillance is prudent.