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- Preventing herpes zoster through vaccination: New developments
Because protection wanes by 10 years, a booster dose may be necessary but is not yet recommended.
- Sexual dysfunction in women: Can we talk about it?
Sexual health may be difficult to discuss, for both the patient and the provider.
Use and misuse of opioid agonists in opioid addictionMethadone and buprenorphine can reduce craving and opioid use but remain misunderstood and underused.
- A rational approach to opioid use disorder in primary care
Treating addiction is quickly becoming part of primary care. Clinicians can no longer turn a blind eye toward this problem.
- Peripartum depression: Early recognition improves outcomes
Evidence is mounting that the risks of untreated maternal depression outweigh those of treating it.
- Chronic constipation: Update on management
If conservative treatments fail, clinicians can choose from a growing list of new ones.
- Whether to anticoagulate: Toward a more reasoned approach
The patient’s life expectancy and personal preferences are important and affect the decision.
- Fighting the reflux reflex
We should think twice when making a clinical diagnosis of gastroesophageal reflux disease.
- Fungal organisms in the brain (February 2017)
Readers comment on fungal organisms in the brain (February 2017).