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Navigating travel with diabetes
Help patients plan ahead to manage diabetes while traveling and prepare for emergencies that may arise.
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‘Dry drowning’ and other myths
Drowning is a common and often preventable cause of death, especially in children. But dry drowning is a myth.
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Optimizing calcium and vitamin D intake through diet and supplements
Set modest calcium targets, maximize dietary intake, and make up the deficit with calcium citrate.
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Cardiac rehabilitation: A class 1 recommendation
Despite proven benefits, referral and participation rates remain low. Efforts to boost usage are underway.
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Thoracic aortic aneurysm: How to counsel, when to refer
Be alert for clues on chest imaging, and consider screening first-degree relatives of patients known to have aortic disease.
Current Drug Therapy
Hydroxychloroquine: An old drug with new relevance
This antimalarial drug is now approved to treat discoid lupus, systemic lupus erythematosus, and rheumatoid arthritis.
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Evaluating suspected pulmonary hypertension: A structured approach
With a myriad of causes and nonspecific symptoms, pulmonary hypertension needs a methodic diagnostic approach.
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Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: A complex disease
Most people who carry its mutations are never affected, but in rare cases some die suddenly at a young age.
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Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: What primary care physicians need to know
This devastating and fatal lung disease generally affects older adults, especially men, and can be mistaken for COPD.
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Genitourinary syndrome of menopause: Common problem, effective treatments
Half of all postmenopausal women experience these symptoms. Most do not seek relief.