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- Pyoderma gangrenosum mistaken for diabetic ulcer
A man with type 2 diabetes, hypertension, anemia, and ulcerative colitis presented with an ulcer on his leg.
- An obese 48-year-old man with progressive fatigue and decreased libido
Men with hypogonadism usually present with nonspecifi c symptoms.
- Evaluating and managing postural tachycardia syndrome
Therapy rarely cures it, but a multifaceted approach can substantially improve quality of life.
- Gastric outlet obstruction: A red flag, potentially manageable
Presume the cause to be a malignant tumor untill proven otherwise.
- Can a humanities background prevent physician burnout?
Osler urged physicians to study the humanities. Can it prevent professional dissatisfaction and burnout?
- Personalizing guideline-driven cancer screening
Screening can lead to early diagnosis and prevent death from cancer, but the topic provokes controversy.
- The old humanities and the new science at 100: Osler’s enduring message
One hundred years after his death, what can Osler teach the high-tech physician of today?
- Rapidly progressive pleural effusion January 2019
Readers comment about deviation from guidelines during treatment of a patient with rapidly progressive pleural effusion (January 2019) and the effect of metformin on vitamin B12 levels (January 2019).