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The successful treatment of General Anxiety Disorder (GAD) often requires a combination of a variety of modalities ranging from psychotherapy, behavior modification, pharmaceuticals, acupuncture, and/or mind-body techniques such as meditation or self-hypnosis.
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Most of us dread the chief complaint of weakness. This nonspecific symptom engenders a differential that ranges from malingering to fatal, from psychiatric to cancer. The finding of demonstrable muscle weakness helps, but then leads to a confusing set of relatively rare diagnoses.
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Pioglitazone and heart disease; ARBs manufacturers spend millions to show the non-inferiority of their products compared to less expensive, generic ACE inhibitors; some athletes turn to growth hormone because it is difficult to detect; FDA Actions
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Mutations in several genes may refine prognosis in normal karyotype AML.
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The management of an isolated core needle breast biopsy reading of lobular neoplasia (LN) is controversial. Although this finding is associated with an increased risk for cancer, the current belief is that it, itself, is not a pre-malignant lesion.
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Orchiectomy rates have increased and LHRH prescriptions have decreased over the past 5 years. Could this be related to Medicare reimbursement?
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In a Phase III randomized trial of adjuvant chemotherapy using the platinum-based PELF (platinum, etoposide, leucovorin, and fluorouracil) regimen after potentially curative surgery for gastric cancer, no significant improvement in disease-free or overall survival was observed. The findings are discussed in the context of other trials and highlight the uncertainty surrounding the appropriate approach for the treatment of patients in this setting.