FRONTIERS IN INTERNAL-MEDICINE

Clinical research in Internal Medicine has provided many scientific ad vances during the past few years, However, the newly generated informa tion overrides the time available to read all of the medical literatur e regarding advances in Internal Medicine, The goal of this review is to summarize some of the most relevant improvements in clinical practi ce published over the last few years, From Cardiology to Pulmonology, the authors of this review expose in a succinct way what they and many of their peers consider to be the most transcendental information gat hered from thousands of publications, The authors of this review artic le have attempted to avoid sensationalism by including facts instead o f just simply optimistic preliminary findings that can mislead clinici ans' decision making, The review is focused on information obtained th rough well-designed, prospective clinical trials and cohorts where the effectiveness of medical interventions and diagnostic procedures were tested.