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Recurrent Ischemic Stroke: Strategies for Prevention

RUPAL OZA, KRISTEN RUNDELL, MIRIAM GARCELLANO

Nearly 25% of strokes each year are a recurrent event. After an initial stroke, risk factors such as hypertension, diabetes mellitus, hyperlipidemia, sleep apnea, and obesity should be addressed. Antiplatelet therapy, such as aspirin, clopidogrel, and aspirin/dipyridamole, is...

Testosterone Therapy: Review of Clinical Applications

RYAN C. PETERING, NATHAN A. BROOKS

Testosterone therapy is becoming increasingly popular, with many prescriptions written by primary care physicians. Potential benefits include improved sexual function, mood, and well-being, and increased muscle mass and bone density; however, the evidence is mixed. There are...

Secondary Hypertension: Discovering the Underlying Cause

LESLEY CHARLES, JEAN TRISCOTT, BONNIE DOBBS

Secondary hypertension, which involves an underlying and potentially reversible cause, makes up 5% to 10% of hypertensive cases. Suggestive signs and symptoms include severe or resistant hypertension, age of onset younger than 30 years (especially if before puberty),...

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Editorials

Treating Aging with Testosterone

ADRIANE FUGH-BERMAN

Most patients on testosterone are being treated for normal symptoms of aging. Given that the diagnostics are questionable and the benefits are unconvincing, the risks of testosterone, some of which may be life-threatening, are not worth taking.

Cochrane for Clinicians

Laxatives for the Management of Childhood Constipation

REBECCA LAUTERS, AARON SAGUIL

Polyethylene glycol (PEG) is superior to placebo (mean difference [MD] = 2.61 more stools per week; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.15 to 4.08), lactulose (MD = 0.70; 95% CI, 0.10 to 1.31), and milk of magnesia (MD = 0.69; 95% CI, 0.48 to 0.89) at increasing the number of...

Yoga for Cancer-Related Symptoms in Women with Breast Cancer

PAUL SEALES, SAJEEWANE SEALES, AARON SAGUIL

Yoga improves health-related quality of life, reduces sleep disturbances, and decreases fatigue in the short term (up to 12 weeks) among women diagnosed with breast cancer who have completed cancer-related treatment or are receiving cancer treatment compared with no intervention.

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Pet Therapy: Helping Patients Cope

ALIDA GERTZ, PETER M. RABINOWITZ

Animal-assisted therapy and the medical use of the human-animal bond can be thought of as a form of alternative/complementary therapy.

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Assessing Bleeding Risk in Patients Taking Anticoagulants

JUAN QIU, KRISTEN GRINE

Family physicians are often faced with the dilemma of balancing the benefit of stroke prevention with the risk of major bleeding when deciding on anticoagulation treatment in patients with atrial fibrillation. Over the past 10 years, several decision support tools have been...

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Dome-Shaped Lesion on the Finger

SHANNON LANGNER, MORTEZA KHODAEE

A man presented with a lesion on his right index finger that had been growing gradually for a couple of years.

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Treatments for Nocturnal Leg Cramps

JACKIE HERZBERG, JAMES STEVERMER

Calcium channel blockers or B vitamins may lead to short-term improvement in nocturnal leg cramps. Stretching has mixed results. Quinine is effective but is no longer recommended, and it is not approved for treatment of leg cramps because of potential toxicity.

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