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Improving the care of patients dying of heart failure

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Nancy M. Albert, MSN, RN

Mellar Davis, MD

James Young, MD

Too many heart failure patients die in pain, short of breath, and with too much left unsaid. We can do better for them.

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How to prevent, recognize, and treat drug-induced nephrotoxicity

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Xiaoqing Guo, MD

Chike Nzerue, MD

How drugs injure the kidney, who is at risk, and how to prevent renal injury.

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Statins and osteoporosis: Can these lipid-lowering drugs also bolster bones?

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Abelardo C. Cruz, MD

Barry L. Gruber, MD

Statin drugs may promote bone formation. Although the clinical data are limited and mixed, they may point the way to better drugs for osteoporosis...

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What is the best diet to prevent recurrent calcium oxalate stones in patients with idiopathic hypercalciuria?

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Andrew R. Lockman, MD

Borghi L, Schianchi T, Meschi T, et al. Comparison of two diets for the prevention of recurrent stones in idiopathic hypercalciuria. N Engl J Med...

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Five red flags that rule out ADHD in children

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Hereditary hemochromatosis: A common, often unrecognized, genetic disease

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Geraldine M. McCarthy, MD

Conor J. McCarthy, MD

Dermot Kenny, MD

John Crowe, MD, PhD

Stephen Eustace, MB

Although hereditary hemochromatosis is one of the most common genetic diseases affecting people of northern European descent, it is underdiagnosed...

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What is hemochromatosis?

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Hereditary hemochromatosis: Molecular genetic testing issues for the clinician

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Brian A. Clark, PhD, MD

A DNA test exists, but who should be tested?

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A 52-year-old man with excessive daytime sleepiness

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Bipin D. Sarodia, MD

Reena Mehra, MD

Joseph A. Golish, MD

What is the cause of this patient’s symptoms? A self-test.

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