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May 2008 11 5 Issue of Clinical Advisor

Newsline

Plaque persists despite ezetimibe Rx

Hepatitis A on the wane

"Lung age" data get smokers to quit

Showing smokers that their lungs are aging faster than the rest of their bodies may motivate them to kick the habit.

Big bellies tied to increased dementia risk

Diabetes drug slows atherosclerosis

Breakfast keeps teens’ weight down

Drug Updates from MPR

Simcor 500/20- A statin combined with niacin in one pill

Renvela- Phosphorus control for CKD patients

Advisor Forum

WORKING UP AN OLD POSITIVE PPD

HIGH FERRITIN, PHOSPHATASE, AND CALCIUM

IV VS. ORAL STEROIDS FOR COPD

Precautions With an HIV-Positive Partner

Is there any treatment or diagnostic study for an asymptomatic patient whose partner has tested positive for HIV? In addition to practicing safer sex, what ...

POSTPARATHYROIDECTOMY CALCIUM

Vaccine-induced shingles?

Can the shingles vaccine cause lesions?

ASTHMATIC ITCH?

WHEN STANDING UP RAISES BP

LICE ON A CHILD’S EYELASHES

REDUCING THE CLOPIDOGREL DOSE

STOP ANTICOAGULANTS PRECOLONOSCOPY?

RULING OUT MRSA BEFORE SURGERY

CALCIUM ON THE SPINAL CORD

A DRUG COMBINATION FOR RELIEVING DEPRESSION

SWITCHING STEROIDS

PREMATURE VENTRICULAR CONTRACTIONS

HOW DOES HDL REDUCE PLAQUE FORMATION?

WHY IS THIS PATIENT’S CK ELEVATED?

COLONOSCOPY FOR A HEALTHY PATIENT?

CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS FOR RENAL INSUFFICIENCY

RETESTING FOR H. PYLORI

Erectile dysfunction workup

INSULIN-SULFONYLUREA COMBO FOR BETTER GLYCEMIC CONTROL

ACUTE MI SEQUELAE

FOLLOW-UP FOR HYSTERECTOMIES?

Revisiting non-group A strep

PAIN-FREE HIP INJECTION

SELF-EXAMS FOR MEN

Cover Feature

Staying up to date on managing hepatitis B

Clinical Feature

What you should know about acute pancreatitis

Appendicitis: Toward a better diagnosis

An overlooked case of appendicitis can lead to rupture and cause peritonitis, yet 12%-18% of appendectomies are unnecessary.

How and when to treat vaginal discharge

When your patients are coughing up blood

Dermatologic Look-Alikes

Two ichthyosiform eruptions

Clinical Challenge

First, joint and muscle pains, then blindness in an active older woman

Scalp lesions in a woman living in Afghanistan

Commentary

“I’m not your patient, but I’m suing you”

Alternative Meds Update

Elderberry

Nicknamed "nature's flu fighter," products of concentrated elderberry juice have been proven useful in shortening the duration of influenza symptoms in more than 50% of ...