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Wernicke Encephalopathy After Bariatric Surgery: A Systematic Review
The number of WE cases after bariatric surgery is substantially higher than previously reported. Everyone who treats the bariatric patient should be on the watch.
Journal Article, December 2008
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Physicians Are Talking About: Email Communications With Patients
This column address the issues involved in email communications between physicians and their patients as discussed on Medscape Physician Connect.
Expert Viewpoint, December 2008
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Should Insulin Glargine Be Dosed Once or Twice Daily?
Although considered an off-label practice, a second daily dose may benefit certain patients.
Expert Viewpoint, December 2008
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Should Physicians Avoid Interaction With the Drug Industry?
The relationship between doctors and pharmaceutical sales representatives is controversial. Who should regulate the amount of interaction between physicians and the drug industry?
Article, December 2008
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CME/CE
Managing Drug-Drug Interaction Risks
This case-based activity identifies risk factors for drug-drug interactions and presents management tools to help anticipate and prevent associated adverse events for your patients.
Clinical Case, December 2008
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Potential Health Risks for Bisphenol-A (BPA): Medicine Matters From Sandra Fryhofer, MD
A new study links BPA to an increased risk for heart disease, diabetes, and liver problems. Dr. Sandy Fryhofer tells us what can be done to lower exposure.
Expert Viewpoint, December 2008
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Prescriptions for Survival
Nancy Covington, BSc, MD, President of Physicians for Global Survival, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, invites us to reconnect with the physicians' movement against nuclear war.
Editorial, December 2008
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CME
A Patient With Ectopic Cortisol Production Derived From Malignant Testicular Masses
A 65-year-old man presented to an oncology clinic with bilateral testicular masses, lower extremity edema, and cushingoid appearance.
Journal Article, December 2008
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New ASH Diabetes Guidelines, Plus Data on Hypertension Prevalence, Ineffective Drugs, Harmful Drugs, and the Polypill
How can both blood pressure control and hypertension prevalence increase? New guidelines for treating diabetes? Are RAS inhibitors different? Do beta-blockers cause harm? And do polypills really work?
Expert Viewpoint, November 2008
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CME/CE
Advances in Glucagon-like Peptides for the Treatment of Type 2 Diabetes -- Volume 2
In the second issue of this newsletter, review the presentations made at the EASD meeting in Rome; scan the recent literature; and analyze the CNS effects of GLP-1.
Collection, November 2008
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Advances in Glucagon-like Peptides for the Treatment of Type 2 Diabetes
Collection, November 2008
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Etiquette-Based Medicine. Ranked 9 and "Exceptional" From F1000.
Simple changes in behavior can make a considerable difference.
Journal Article, November 2008
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CME
The Advantages and Challenges of Increasing the Duration and Frequency of Maintenance Dialysis Sessions
Advantages of both longer and more frequent dialysis sessions, along with barriers to adoption of such regimens are discussed in this review.
Journal Article, November 2008
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CME
A Patient With Stress-Related Onset and Exacerbations of Graves Disease
An 18-year-old, nonsmoking woman presented to her general practitioner with a 1-week history of weakness, fatigue, palpitations, nervousness, tremors, insomnia, heat intolerance, and enlargement of a euthyroid goiter that had been detected 2 years earlier.
Journal Article, November 2008
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The End of Peer Review and Traditional Publishing as We Know It
Peter Frishauf, MS, founder of Medscape, discusses the possible end of medical journals.
Expert Viewpoint, November 2008
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CME
A 40-Year-Old Female With Diabetes and Chronic Heel Ulceration With Osteomyelitis Is Found Unresponsive
The patient’s family found her unresponsive in her apartment. How does her history of diabetes and recent osteomyelitis influence her ECG findings?
Clinical Case, November 2008
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Prevalence and Correlates of Silent Cerebral Infarcts in the Framingham Offspring Study. Ranked "Changes Clinical Practice" From F1000.
In no other medical field are the death rates are so high, knowledge so advanced and so little is done, as in vascular disease.
Journal Article, November 2008
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CME
Evolving Research in the Treatment of Patients With Advanced/Metastatic Thyroid Cancer
In this expert interview, Dr. Marcia Brose discusses the latest advances in thyroid cancer management and some of the challenges that still remain.
Article, November 2008
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CME
Therapeutic Options to Improve Diabetes Control in African Americans: Clinical Case Discussion
Read this case of a 60-year-old African American man who had diabetes for the last 6 years and has a family history of obesity, type 2 diabetes, and hypertension.
Clinical Review, November 2008
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Diabetes Among African Americans in the United States
Learn more about the state of diabetes among African Americans. What are the demographics, epidemiology, and pathophysiology of type 2 diabetes among African Americans?
Clinical Review, November 2008
