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End-of-Life Care Issues
This new article underscores the importance of having advance directives as a part of public health policy to help patients and their clinicians make informed decisions about healthcare.
Bored to Death?
Are people who are bored more likely to die earlier than those who are not? The authors examine whether the expression "bored to death" has any clinical basis.
Comparison of Disagreement & Error Rates Among Consultations
Additional consultation, tissue, and testing results can aid in distinguishing disagreements from errors.
Syphilis on the Rise: Diagnosis, Treatment, and Prevention
Find out more about identifying and treating patients who are at high risk for syphilis infection.
Imported Malaria Among People Who Travel
The proportion of all imported malaria reported in travellers visiting friends and relatives in the UK has increased. What prevention strategies are needed?
Alzheimer Disease, Lewy Body, and Parkinson Dementia
New guidelines outlined in the DSM-5 are presented to promote annual screening and early diagnosis of mild cognitive deficits by primary care providers.
Using Personal Digital Assistants to Access Drug Information
How did using PDAs benefit this health system?
Identifying Women With Suspected Ovarian Cancer
Late stage diagnosis of ovarian cancer has a poor survival rate. Can an algorithm be used to accurately estimate the absolute risk of ovarian cancer despite the non-specific nature of symptoms?
Managing Asthma: Optimizing Inhaled Corticosteroid Treatment
Recent studies have shown that only a small percentage of patients receive appropriate treatment and monitoring for their asthma. Can a patient-centered medical home model help overcome this?
Brain Imaging in Mitochondrial Respiratory Chain Deficiency
In this review, the authors demonstrate how brain MRI can be a valuable assist in the challenging diagnosis of mitochondrial respiratory chain deficiencies.
Parkinsonism Caused By Adverse Drug Reactions: A Case Series
Several reports of drug-induced parkinsonism have been published, but these unusual cases add two new drugs to the list of potential agents
Association of Park Space and Facilities With Healthy Weight Status in Kids
Do the number of parks, total area of parkland, or availability of certain park facilities within 1 km of home, or the distance to the closest park from home, affect healthy weight status among youth?
Thienopyridine Pretreatment in Non-ST Elevation ACS
Dual antiplatelet therapy with aspirin and a P2Y12 receptor inhibitor has been standard treatment of non-ST elevation acute coronary syndrome. Is the risk of bleeding worth the benefit?
Mother to Infant Transmission of ART in Utero
Different antiretrovirals have distinct kinetics of mother-to-infant transfer. Knowing which drugs transfer during utero and breastfeeding can help prevent HIV transmission.
Herpes Zoster in Older Adults
Case studies illuminate nuances needed when working with older patients with herpes zoster, from prevention to acute care.
Reboxetine for Acute Treatment of Major Depression: Systematic Review
This meta-analysis of trials--both published and unpublished--of the selective NRI reboxitine confirms it to be ineffective and potentially harmful. Did publication bias overestimate its benefit?
Propofol or Fentanyl for Prevention of Emergence Agitation
Which drug is more effective at preventing emergence agitation after sevoflurane anesthesia?
Immunohistochemical Staining for Claudin-1 in Meningiomas
Although its sensitivity is relatively low, claudin-1 may be helpful in a panel of immunostains to distinguish meningiomas from histologic mimics.
Small Bowel Obstruction and Erosion After Gastric Banding
Complications related to obesity surgery are rare and their presentation can be non-specific. In this case, a patient presents with symptoms of obstruction five years after gastric banding.
Abnormal b-Catenin and Reduced Axin Expression in NSCLC
Reduced axin expression, but not mutation in exon 3, might be an important explanation for the abnormal beta-catenin expression in NSCLC.