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VOL 114 / NO 2 / AUGUST 2003 / POSTGRADUATE MEDICINE

SYMPOSIUM ON LUNG CANCER DETECTION AND PREVENTION

INTRODUCTION TO THE SYMPOSIUM
Jeffrey B. Rubins, MD

STRATEGIES IN LUNG CANCER DETECTION
Achieving early identification in patients at high risk
How to balance the expense of lung cancer screening with the payoff in improved survival rates and reduced overall cost of care.
Joel J. Bechtel, MD, Thomas L. Petty, MD

CLASSIFYING SOLITARY PULMONARY NODULES
New imaging methods to distinguish malignant, benign lesions
Imaging can complement other diagnostic measures and allow curative removal of early-stage malignant nodules while avoiding unneeded surgery for benign ones.
Kathryn Sullivan Hanley, MD, Jeffrey B. Rubins, MD

SMOKING CESSATION FROM OFFICE TO BEDSIDE
An evidence-based, practical approach
Familiarity with smoking cessation guidelines can help physicians assist willing and recalcitrant patients in attempts to stop smoking.
John C. Grable, MD, Sharon Ternullo, PharmD

CLINICAL UPDATE

SSRI DISCONTINUATION SYNDROME
Awareness as an approach to prevention
Many distressing symptoms of abrupt withdrawal from antidepressant medications can be averted by patient education.
Kara E. Ditto, MD, MPH

SPECIAL SECTION ON INVESTING

STANDARD & POOR'S FINANCIAL ADVISER (77K PDF file)
Reduce Bond Exposure
Playing the Graying of America
Portfolio for a Steady Dividend Stream
Ad Agencies: Reaching Out vs. Over-Reaching
Building a Well-Balanced Portfolio

WEB EXCLUSIVE

THE TOP 10 HERBAL THERAPIES
Findings, cautions about these natural remedies
Vinod K. Garg, MD, Charles O. Hershey, MD

CONTINUING FEATURES

GUEST EDITORIAL
Embracing life, accepting limits
A physician's position is unique when a loved one faces death
Peter A. Setness, MD

PEARLS IN DERMATOLOGY
The nonresponding "wart"
Paring with a scalpel may reveal a different lesion
James San Filippo, MD, Robert T. Brodell, MD

CURBSIDE CONSULTS
Hematuria from bicycling or running?

PATIENT NOTES
Bell's palsy

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