A new deputy editor and two more issues in 2000
J. D. CLOUGH

  Brief answers to specific clinical questions

 Should patients receive anticoagulation for paroxysmal atrial fibrillation?
Consider anticoagulation therapy for all patients with atrial fibrillation-intermittent or chronic-if they have risk factors for stroke.
M.K. CHUNG

Heart failure: Highlights from new consensus guidelines
For the first time, we have the means to halt the progression of heart failure and reduce mortality-if we intervene early enough.
J YOUNG

Gulf War Syndrome:  
Proposed causes to date, no single cause has been proved conclusively to account for Gulf War syndrome, but theories abound.
S.D. FROST

Non-healing cellulitis in a 54-year-old man with diabetes mellitus
What is the cause of this patient's symptoms? A self-test on a clinical case.
S.D. MAWHORTER

The dilemma of nosocomial pneumonia:  
What primary care physicians should know to save the patient's life; treatment must be started quickly. Yet the signs, symptoms, and diagnostic tests are often unreliable.
P.S. KHURANA and D. LITAKER

Recognizing, treating, and preventing common foot problems: Practical recommendations regarding sensory neuropathy, infections, corns, calluses, and other common foot problems.
J.M. ROBBINS

Unfractionated and low-molecular-weight heparins in acute coronary syndromes:  
Current recommendations Most patients with acute coronary syndromes are candidates for heparin therapy. Low-molecular-weight heparin may offer advantages over standard, unfractionated heparin.
S.J. BRENER