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Perspectives


Letter from the editor

By Jessica Berthold

Our focus this month is on heart failure, the cause of more than one million U.S. hospitalizations each year, including many that experts deem preventable. This issue also includes coverage of the American Thoracic Society's annual conference.

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Newman's notions

That smell

That smell

By James S. Newman, FACP

Certain diseases have characteristic odors.

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Student hospitalist

My first colonoscopy

My first colonoscopy

By Rachel R. Hammer

Being a first-year medical student is like getting a colonoscopy. The preparation is rigorous, but you're grateful to have an appointment.

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Test Your Medical Knowledge on Your Mobile Device with ACP’s Doctor's Dilemma™ Game!

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