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 Using nonsedating antihistamines

 What to do about an isolated elevated GGT?

 Depression in women: How is it different?

 Which patients to screen for BRCA mutations

 DNR orders: A practical approach

 Individualizing antiviral therapy for HIV

 How low should the LDL go? A debate

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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May 03, 2002

 

Of bias, babies, and bathwater
Common sense about conflict-of-interest in medical journals.
J.D. CLOUGH

The Mediterranean diet and endothelial function: Why some dietary fats may be healthy
Some dietary fats, but not others, may impair endothelial function
R.A. VOGEL

Tick trouble: Overview of tick-borne diseases
With suburbs expanding into rural areas, more Americans are coming into contact with tick-borne diseases.
A.J. TAEGE
 

  Brief answers to specific clinical questions

 Who should receive the Lyme disease vaccine?
Even in endemic areas, not everyone needs to receive this newly released vaccine.
A.J. TAEGE

 

An elderly man with intermittent right arm numbness and polycythemia
What is the cause of this patient’s symptoms? A self-test on a clinical case.
R. GEORGE and A. LICHTIN

    Update on Acute Coronary Syndromes.......................................................................

Angioplasty and stenting in acute coronary syndromes: Who, when, how, and why
Questions remain about when and how to use these interventions.
I.P. CASSERLY, P.L. L’ALLIER, and M.E. TUZCU
   Osteoporosis Update.......................................................................................................

Raloxifene: A new choice for treating and preventing osteoporosis
The pros and cons of estrogen replacement therapy, bisphosphonates, and raloxifene, the first of a new class of selective estrogen receptor modulators.
A.A. LICATA, A.V. CIACCIA, M. WONG, and M.W. DRAPER

  

Pancreas transplantation in type 1 diabetes: Hope vs reality
Freedom from insulin injections, but at the price of lifelong immunosuppression.
J.T. MAYES, V.W. DENNIS, and B.J. HOOGWERF 

   Interpreting Key Trials................................................................................................

The HOPE study: Ramipril lowered cardiovascular risk, vitamin E did not
In this landmark trial, ACE inhibitors showed benefitbeyond lowering blood pressure.
B.J. HOOGWERF and J.B. YOUNG

  Cancer Diagnosis and Management...........................................................................

The genetics, screening, and treatment of epithelial ovarian cancer: An update
Recent advances have improved survival, and a new blood screening test holds promise.
M. MARKMAN

It’s time medicine stopped burying its mistakes
A frontal attack on medical errors is long overdue.
J.D. CLOUGH, R.M. MACKLIS, and D.M. NADZAM