Applied Evidence
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Applied Evidence
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease: What’s in our arsenal?
Lifestyle changes and metabolic syndrome management are the best interventions for NAFLD. Less clear is which agents to use for liver-directed...
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Applied Evidence
Anxiety and depression: Easing the burden in COPD patients
Anxiety and depression are common comorbidities of COPD. The simple evaluation tools and therapy options described here can help improve patients...
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Applied Evidence
Tips and algorithms to get your patient's BP to goal
Having diagnosed, treated, and studied hypertension for more than 3 decades, this author offers advice and 3 handy algorithms to help you optimize...
Case Reports
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Case Reports
Uninjured athlete with edematous arm • Dx?
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Case Reports
An unconventional approach to chest wall pain
Would acupuncture provide some relief while this patient waited for an x-ray to identify the source of his left lateral chest wall pain?
Commentary
HelpDesk
Medical Verdicts
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Medical Verdicts
Echocardiogram goes unread ... Call to help line is too late
Echocardiograms were done, but who was reading them? A 67-year-old man had been under the care of his primary care physician for aortic stenosis....
Photo Rounds
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Photo Rounds
Patient with intractable nausea and vomiting
A chest x-ray—followed by further questioning about the patient’s medical history—revealed the cause of this woman’s symptoms.
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Photo Rounds
Rash on trunk
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Photo Rounds
Pruritic rash on 16-year-old girl
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Photo Rounds
Blisters on thigh
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Photo Rounds
Blisters on face and ear
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Photo Rounds
Painful lesions on hand
PURLs
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PURLs
Resistant hypertension? Time to consider this fourth-line drug
For most adults with resistant hypertension, spironolactone is superior to doxazosin and bisoprolol as an adjunct to triple therapy.
Supplements
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Sponsored Supplement
Pathophysiology of Type 2 Diabetes: The Evolution of Our Understanding
Also In This Issue
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Video
Fibromyalgia: Finding a new narrative
When it comes to treating fibromyalgia, straight-forward solutions such as drugs often don’t work, notes Brian Walitt, MD, MPH, Director of...