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Getting ready to advise your next patient about the importance of emergency contraception (EC)? Be prepared to discuss two new emergency contraceptive products, just approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA):
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Young patients with scleroderma, free of neurological symptoms, still show abnormalities in cognitive function and cerebrovascular reactivity.
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Carbamazepine is reported to be an effective symptomatic treatment for inherited erythromelalgia (IEM) due to the novel mutation of the Na(v)1.7 sodium channel, which is preferentially expressed in dorsal root ganglia.
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In an MRI-based study, interferon beta-1b failed to show superiority over glatiramer acetate for the treatment of multiple sclerosis.
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Comparing blood pressure medications, determining optimal length of androgen-deprivation therapy, red yeast rice for LDL reduction, and FDA Actions.
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This issue is the second installment in a two-part series on breast cancer. The first part covered epidemiology, histologic types of breast cancer, screening, diagnosis, principles of treatment, and surgical management. This issue will cover chemotherapy, radiation therapy, endocrine therapy, metastatic breast cancer, and primary care for the breast cancer survivor.
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The differential diagnosis of acute chest pain includes three entities that can be lethal if missed: myocardial infarction (MI), pulmonary embolus, and aortic dissection.
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The combination of aspirin with clopidogrel is better than aspirin alone in reducing the risk of stroke in patients with atrial fibrillation.