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TopCardiovascular Medicine: Top articles from 2007 and 2008 October 2008

Cardiovascular risk estimation - making sense of the numbers
A Viljoen

A global survey of physicians' perceptions on cholesterol management: the From the Heart study
L Erhardt, F Hobbs

Estimated 10-year cardiovascular risk in a British population: results of a national screening project
H Neil, R Perera, J Armitage, A Farmer, D Mant, P Durrington

Surrogate markers, atherosclerosis and cardiovascular disease prevention
A Wierzbicki

Prevention of secondary stroke and transient ischaemic attack with antiplatelet therapy: the role of the primary care physician
H Kirshner

Evaluation of the cost savings and clinical outcomes of switching patients from atorvastatin to simvastatin and losartan to candesartan in a primary care setting
J Usher-Smith, T Ramsbottom, H Pearmain, M Kirby

Pulmonary hypertension: clinical manifestations, classification and diagnosis
C Elliott, M Hegewald, B Markewitz

Plasma renin and the antihypertensive effect of the orally active renin inhibitor aliskiren in clinical hypertension
J Nussberger, A Gradman, R Schmieder, R Lins, Y Chiang, M Prescott

Inhibition of free fatty acids metabolism as a therapeutic target in patients with heart failure
G Fragasso

Stroke risk stratification in atrial fibrillation: something to EXAMINE more closely
T Watson, P Kakar, G Lip

TopEndocrinology: Top articles from 2007 and 2008 September 2008

Endocrine Incidentalomas
S Jabbour, M Shirodkar

The triad of erectile dysfunction, hypogonadism and the metabolic syndrome
R Shabsigh, S Arver, K Channer, I Eardley, A Fabbri, L Gooren, A Heufelder, H Jones, S Meryn, M Zitzmann

The lean patient with type 2 diabetes: characteristics and therapy challenge
P Brunetti

Primary care physician beliefs about insulin initiation in patients with type 2 diabetes
R Hayes, J Fitzgerald, S Jacober

Obesity-hypertension: an ongoing pandemic
E Francischetti, V Genelhu

The relationship of body mass index to diabetes mellitus, hypertension and dyslipidaemia: comparison of data from two national surveys
H Bays, R Chapman, S Grandy (SHIELD Investigators' Group)

Sodium glucose co-transporter 2 inhibitors: blocking renal tubular reabsorption of glucose to improve glycaemic control in patients with diabetes
S Jabbour, B Goldstein

Safety and efficacy of insulin detemir in clinical practice: 14-week follow-up data from type 1 and type 2 diabetes patients in the PREDICTIVE European cohort
A Dornhorst, H-J Luddeke, S Sreenan, C Koenen, J Hansen, A Tsur, L Landstedt-Hallin (PREDICTIVE)

Efficacy and tolerability of the dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitor sitagliptin as monotherapy over 12 weeks in patients with type 2 diabetes
R Scott, M Wu, M Sanchez, P Stein

TopUrology: Most read articles from 2006 and 2007 March 2008

A practical guide to the evaluation of male lower urinary tract symptoms in the primary care setting
M Rosenberg, D Staskin, S Kaplan, S MacDiarmid, D Newman, D Ohl

Identification and diagnosis of premature ejaculation
M Rosenberg, R Sadovsky

Prevalence of lower urinary tract symptoms and prostate enlargement in the primary care setting
M Naslund, A Gilsenan, K Midkiff, A Bown, E Wolford, J Wang

Public, patient, and professional attitudes towards the diagnosis and treatment of enlarged prostate: a landmark national US survey*
S Kaplan, M Naslund

Sympton-specific efficacy of tolterodine extended release in patients with overactive bladder: the IMPACT trial
V Elinoff, T Bavendam, D Glasser, M Carlsson, N Eyland, R Roberts

Patterns of switching phosphodiesterase type 5 inhibitors in the treatment of erectile dysfunction: results from the Erectile Dysfunction Observational Study
D Hatzichristou, J Haro, A Martin-Morales, A von Keitz, A Riley, J Bertsch, M Belger, A Wolka, A Beardsworth (EDOS Group)

A randomised partially controlled trial to assess the impact of self-help vs. structured help from a continence nurse specialist in women with undiagnosed urinary problems in primary care
A Wagg, D Barron, M Kirby, D Stott, K Corlett

Testosterone and ageing: what have we learned since the Institute of Medicine report and what lies ahead?
M Miner, A Seftel

TopPsychiatry: Most read articles from 2006 and 2007 February 2008

Schizophrenia, Clinical Antipsychotic Trials of Intervention Effectiveness (CATIE) and number needed to treat: how can CATIE inform clinicians?
L Citrome, T Scott Stroup

Clinical assessment and treatment of ADHD in Children
L Smoot, L Boothby, R Gillett

Diagnosis and treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder and related disorders
Bernardo Dell'Osso, A C Altamura, E Mundo, D Marazziti, E Hollander

Irritable bowel syndrome in psychiatric perspectives: a comprehensive review
C Pae, P Masand, N Ajwani, C Lee, A Patkar

Issues in the pharmacological treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder
S Math, Y Janardhan Reddy

Neurobiology of depression: an integrated view of key findings
V Maletic, M Robinson, T Oakes, S Iyengar, S Ball, J Russell

Sequential treatment of depression in primary care
C Rafanelli, G Fava, N Sonino

Measuring depressive symptoms in the naturalistic primary-care setting
R McIntyre, J Konarski, S Kennedy, S Dickens, R Bagby