Fast Facts
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Fast Facts: Obesity
By David Haslam, Gary WittertPresenting features include headache, alterations of visual acuity, double vision and nausea with some vomiting. Benign intracranial hypertension is resolved in some patients with morbid obesity by substantial weight loss ...
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Fast Facts: Glaucoma
By Paul R. Healey, Ravi ThomasHeadache (especially retro-orbital), eye pain, epiphora (watery eyes), photopsias (flashes of light generated by retinal traction), shadows from vitreous floaters and presbyopia (reduced accommodation with increasing age) can all be ...
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Fast Facts: Breast Cancer
By David Joseph, Jayant S. Vaidya... Jaundice Bone metastases Brain metastases • Bone pain or pathological • Headaches and neurological fractures symptoms due to increased • Spinal cord compression intracranial pressure caused by spinal metastases • Headache, ...
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Fast Facts: Contraception
By Ailsa E. Gebbie, Katharine O'Connell WhiteFluid retention may also occur, and some women note an increase in the number or intensity of headaches, mood changes, acne or breast tenderness. These reactions may disappear or diminish after several months of use.
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Fast Facts: Minor Surgery
By Christopher J. Price, Rodney SinclairFast Facts: Skin Cancer. Oxford: Health Press, 2005. Ankrett V, Williams I. Quick Reference Atlas of Dermatology. Tunbridge Wells: MSL, 1999. Bennett RG. Fundamentals of Cutaneous Surgery. St Louis: Mosby, 1988. Bhutani LK.
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Fast Facts: Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer
By M. O'Brien, B. Besse, M.M. AwadThis insightful guide is designed to bring you up to speed with the latest developments and is important reading for all health professionals and medical trainees working in this fast-moving field.
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Fast Facts: EGFR Exon 20 Insertion Mutations in NSCLC
By J. Rotow, P. Cheema, P. PisapiaLung cancer is still a major cause of death globally, but the development of personalized, precision medicine has had a marked effect on treatment management and improved clinical outcomes, particularly for those with advanced stage non ...
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Fast Facts: EGFR Exon 20 Insertion Mutations in NSCLC
By Giancarlo Troncone, Julia Rotow, Parneet CheemaLung cancer is still a major cause of death globally, but the development of personalized, precision medicine has had a marked effect on treatment management and improved clinical outcomes, particularly for those with advanced stage non ...
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Fast Facts: Biosimilars in Hematology and Oncology
By Paul Cornes, Ali McBrideit improves PFS and/or OS in patients with several different advanced cancers, including many common indications in colorectal, nonsquamous non-small-cell lung cancer, renal cell carcinoma, breast cancer, epithelial ovarian, ...
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Fast Facts: Ovarian Cancer
By Christina Fotopoulou, Thomas J. HerzogAnother important protein on the T cell, which if bound and activated can suppress an immune response, is cytotoxic ... Food and Drug Administration (USA); Ig, immunoglobulin; NSCLC, non-small-cell lung cancer; PD-1, programmed cell ...
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Fast Facts: Psoriasis (3rd Edition).
Fast Facts: Psoriasis (3rd Edition).
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Fast Facts: Psoriasis
By Alan Menter, Catherine Smith, Jonathan BarkerNow in its third edition, this comprehensive handbook embraces the full spectrum of the disease, from localized plaques to generalized disease and psoriatic arthritis.
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Fast Facts: Hyperlipidemia
By Paul Durrington, Allan SnidermanWhat the reviewers say: ❛ ...the the load condition sort of information of publication of epilepsy into that just ... attractive in the ❛ on Fast Rheumatology, Facts – Osteoarthritis Sep ❜ 2009 An must-read outstanding psoriasis, ...
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Fast Facts: Colorectal Cancer
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Fast Facts: Disorders of the Hair and Scalp
By Rodney Sinclair, Vicky JolliffeThe clinical spectrum of scalp psoriasis ranges from pink plaques covered in a silvery scale resembling those seen on other parts of the body (Figure 10.3) to patchy scaling, or at the other ... Reproduced from Fast Facts: Psoriasis.
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Fast Facts: Eczema and Contact Dermatitis
By John Berth-Jones, Howard I. Maibach, Eunice TanEndogenous hand and foot eczema is diagnosed clinically when the features described above are present and other causes are excluded. A careful history is essential to exclude exogenous irritant or allergic dermatitis.
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Fast Facts: Ankylosing Spondylitis
By Desiree van der Heijde, Maxime Dougados... enthesitis and dactylitis • Association with chronic inflammatory bowel disease • Association with psoriasis and other mucocutaneous lesions • Tendency towards anterior ocular inflammation • Increased familial incidence • Occasional ...
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Fast Facts: Obstructive Sleep Apnea
By Barbara Phillips, Matthew T. NaughtonThis is partly due to advances in diagnosis and treatment but is also due to an increase in the prevalence of obesity and the age of the population.
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Fast Facts: Osteoarthritis
By Philip G. Conaghan, Amanda E. NelsonThis comprehensive handbook includes:- a clear and concise description of the normal joint;- a detailed overview of the pathology of osteoarthritis;- expert guidance on well-established diagnostic criteria and investigations;- up-to-date, ...
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Fast Facts: Heart Failure
By Gerry Kaye, Dariusz Korczyk'Fast Facts: Heart Failure' is the ideal resource for primary care providers, specialist nurses and cardiology trainees, and a good introduction to heart failure for all healthcare professionals who care for the elderly.