Supplements
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Sponsored Supplement
Distinguishing among incretin-based therapies
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Medical Education Library
Pathophysiology of type 2 diabetes mellitus: potential role of incretin-based therapies
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Medical Education Library
Glucose-lowering effects of incretin-based therapies
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Medical Education Library
Safety, tolerability, and nonglycemic effects of incretin-based therapies
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Medical Education Library
Patient education and self-management
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Medical Education Library
Introduction
Applied Evidence
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Applied Evidence
How best to manage treatment-resistant depression?
Should you augment the treatment regimen with lithium, thyroxin, or an atypical antipsychotic? This review will help you decide.
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Applied Evidence
Sued for misdiagnosis? It could happen to you
Plaintiffs’ attorneys and patient safety advocates alike are increasingly focusing their attention on diagnostic errors. Here are the key pitfalls...
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Applied Evidence
When to suspect atypical cystic fibrosis
Not all patients with cystic fibrosis have abnormal sweat chloride levels, severe lung disease, or failure to thrive. These 2 cases remind us to...
Practice Alert
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Practice Alert
Flu season’s almost here: Are you ready?
This year, a single vaccine includes the 2009 H1N1 and 2 other strains and most of your patients will need only 1 dose. The public health goal:...
Clinical Inquiries
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Clinical Inquiries
Which drugs should post-MI patients routinely receive?
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Clinical Inquiries
Does exercise alleviate symptoms of depression?
EVIDENCE-BASED ANSWER: YES. Exercise reduces patient-perceived symptoms of depression when used as monotherapy (strength of recommendation [SOR]:...
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Clinical Inquiries
How can we keep impaired glucose tolerance and impaired fasting glucose from progressing to diabetes?
EVIDENCE-BASED ANSWER: LIFESTYLE CHANGES AND SOME DRUGS CAN HELP. Lifestyle interventions aimed at weight loss of 5% to 10% of body weight along...
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Clinical Inquiries
What is the best noninvasive diagnostic test for women with suspected CAD?
EVIDENCE-BASED ANSWER: MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY (MDCT) may be the most sensitive and specific noninvasive diagnostic test for women with...
Commentary
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Commentary
What’s a med school to do?
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Commentary
FP’s patients are successful “losers”
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Commentary
Bariatric society is here to help
Photo Rounds
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Photo Rounds
Bluish pigmentation of face and sclera
Was this a case of Addison’s disease, hemochromatosis, or melanoma? Or did one of the patient’s medications have something to do with it?
PURLs
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PURLs
Another option for patients with liver disease
Currently used to treat hepatic encephalopathy, rifaximin is effective at preventing this common complication of chronic liver disease, as well....