February, 2008:

• SECONDARY HEART FAILURE
• LOCAL REACTION TO TETANUS SHOT
• PRE-DENTAL ANTIBIOTICS
• WHEN ISONIAZID IS CONTRAINDICATED
• VISION CHECK IN ALL DIABETICS?
• MEDICAL BENEFITS OF INFRARED SAUNA?
• RAISING A LOW POTASSIUM
• CHEST PAIN IN CHILDREN
• WHAT ELEVATED IRON COULD SIGNAL
• CAMPYLOBACTER GASTROENTERITIS
• ANTIBODY INTERLUDE
• DID THIS CABG PATIENT NEED ASPIRIN?
• FOOD ADDITIVES MIGHT PROMOTE HYPERACTIVITY IN CHILDREN
• MINOCYCLINE MAY IMPROVE FUNCTIONAL OUTCOME AFTER ACUTE ISCHEMIC STROKE
• HPV vaccine reduces cervical neoplasia and anogenital warts
• HRT increases risk of cardiovascular disease in older women
• New data on treating arthritis earlier
• Hospitals slow in reacting to cardiac arrest
• Testosterone has limited effect
• Two-hour MRSA test
• Expert panel says “no” to carotid screening
• “The Big Five” hospital expenses, 2005
• Secondhand smoke worse than smoking?
• IS THIS ERYTHEMA NODOSUM?
• COUGH-REFLUX LINK
• RESISTANT FUNGAL INFECTION
• MICRODOSE THERAPY?
• GOING AFTER GENITAL WARTS
• RHEUMATICA-ARTERITIS LINK?
• IS SURGERY SAFE FOR PREGNANT WOMEN?
• WHEN TO DO ENDOCERVICAL CURETTAGE
• The CVD risk of aortic calcification
• A CALL TO ARMS FOR RETIRED CLINICIANS
• In search of diarrhea relief
• CURIOUS LDH ELEVATION
• VITAMIN B₁₂ AND WEIGHT LOSS
• CHRONIC VAGINAL ODOR
• ANTI-INFLAMMATORY MAGNETS?
• CAN URINE TEST REPLACE
• Fighting vitamin D deficiency
• OPTIMIZING PATIENT CARE
• WHAT TO DO ABOUT TOO MUCH FIBRINOGEN
• COUMADIN DURATION FOR A FIRST DVT
• NONSURGICAL APPROACH TO HERNIATED DISK
• MANAGING SKIN INFECTION IN AN IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST
• BLOOD GAS VS. BLOOD COUNT HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATIONS
• DOES SAW PALMETTO REALLY WORK?
• ROPINIROLE FOR A TEENAGER?
• SEQUELA OF LICHEN PLANUS
• What next for this patient's high BP?
• Do clinicians need the zoster vaccine?
• INFORMAL QUESTIONS
• ECHO TO RULE OUT ENDOCARDITIS
• STEP-BY-STEP APPROACH TO CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE
• GLUCOSE TESTING SITES
• TOPIRAMATE MAY REDUCE HEAVY DRINKING IF TOLERATED
• Nicotine replacement to reduce smoking may increase quit rates
• MOST ORAL ANTIHYPERGLYCEMICS APPEAR SIMILARLY EFFECTIVE
• GLUCOSE SELF-MONITORING DOES NOT APPEAR TO IMPROVE GLYCEMIC CONTROL
• PORTION-CONTROL PLATE PROMOTES MODEST WEIGHT LOSS
• Probiotics reduce antibiotic-associated diarrhea
• VITAMIN C REDUCES POST-FRACTURE RISK OF CRPS
• Combination therapy to control cholesterol?
• Skin problems: When you need a closer look
• Choosing the best type of oxygen therapy
• Respect for chronic fatigue long overdue
• NIH releases updated asthma guidelines
• Endometriosis: Toward more timely treatment
• Low vitamin C levels flag risk for stroke
• Inhaler use requires training
• Fructose linked to kidney stones
• Evening BP dose restores nighttime dips
• Expert panel says “no” to carotid screening
• Two-hour MRSA test
• Testosterone has limited effect
• New data on treating arthritis earlier
• Hospitals slow in reacting to cardiac arrest
• More women than men have high cholesterol
• Antibiotic, steroid ineffective against sinusitis
• POST-TRANSFUSION HBA1C
• Chronic gastritis
• Appendicitis masked by constipation
• Family’s fear complicates <i>E. coli case</i>
• Jury shows a bias for antibiotics
• ORAL DEXAMETHASONE NOT EFFECTIVE FOR BRONCHIOLITIS IN INFANTS
• Combigan- Two glaucoma drugs in one product
• Two vesicular eruptions
• Firm brown nodules in an older woman
• Interphalangeal wartlike lesions that express clear fluid
• Helping stop domestic violence
• Sudden-onset hip pain worsens overnight in a healthy child
• Coincidence or a medical breakthrough?
• An incidental finding, twice removed in an anxious patient
• Hoodia