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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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In this issue: Clopidogrel and proton pump inhibitors; adverse events with tamsulosin after cataract surgery; new guidelines for persistent pain in the elderly; and FDA Actions.
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Although breast cancer may not be the most common cancer in women, the diagnosis or even the suspicion is a cause of great distress. Primary care physicians play a pivotal role in their female patients' care by providing the proper risk assessment, encouraging women to get the regular screening, and providing patients with the appropriate referral to definitive treatment.
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NSAIDs in the elderly; managing GI and CVD risk with NSAIDs; low-dose naltrexone and fibromyalgia; treating glucocorticoid-induced bone loss; FDA Actions.
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In the past half century, technology, environmental awareness, and modern science have surged. Yet, as in all generations, a significant number of consumers, perhaps intent upon getting back to simpler times, are choosing "healthful" therapies not fully accepted by the mainstream.
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The need for participation of the primary care physician in the treatment of sleep apnea has become much more apparent in recent years.