As the amount of original clinical research continues to grow, it has become increasingly difficult to keep up with the current literature while still devoting substantial time to patient care.

Nature Clinical Practice journals deliver timely, authoritative interpretations of key research developments, translating the latest findings into clinical practice.

Content includes editorial and opinion pieces, highlights from the current literature, commentaries on the application of recent research to practical patient care, thorough reviews, and in-depth case studies. Our distinguished Editors-in-Chief and international advisory boards ensure comprehensive coverage throughout the year, with discussion of topical issues included as soon as possible after publication of the original research.

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07 January 2008

New recommendations for statin use in patients with stroke

24 October 2007

Hypertension during pregnancy compromises future health

05 October 2007

Improved detection of bladder cancer

Coverage includes acute coronary syndromes, arrhythmias, angina/coronary artery disease, cardiomyopathy/heart failure, concomitant disease, congenital conditions, hypertension, imaging, infection, interventional cardiology, pathology, stroke, surgery/transplant, thrombosis, valvular disease and vascular disease, as well as general therapies, disease markers, genetics and public health.

Editor-in-Chief: Valentin Fuster, MD, PhD

Coverage includes pathology, diagnosis, genetics, disease markers, treatment (e.g. chemotherapy, radiotherapy, surgery), prevention and palliative care of all types of human malignant disease.

Editor-in-Chief: Vincent T DeVita, Jr, MD

Coverage includes pathology, diagnosis, genetics, disease markers and treatment of diseases of the gastrointestinal tract, liver, pancreas, gall bladder and biliary tract, such as functional gastrointestinal disorders, inflammatory diseases, cancer, infection and nutritional disorders.

Editor-in-Chief: Stephen B Hanauer, MD

Coverage includes urologic oncology, sexual dysfunction, benign prostatic hyperplasia, urinary incontinence, endourology, trauma and reconstruction, male factor infertility, imaging and radiology, infection and inflammation and pathology.

Editor-in-Chief: Peter T Scardino, MD

Coverage includes prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of disorders of the endocrine system and related metabolic and nutritional disorders, including diabetes and the metabolic syndrome, male and female reproductive endocrinology, thyroid, parathyroid, pituitary and adrenal disease, neuroendocrinology, bone and mineral metabolism and other areas of clinical endocrinology.

Editor-in-Chief: P Reed Larsen, MD

Coverage includes prevention, diagnosis and treatment of disease or impaired function of the central and peripheral nervous systems, including neurodevelopmental, neurodegenerative and neuropsychiatric disorders.

Editor-in-Chief: John W Griffin, MD

Coverage includes prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of conditions of the joints, muscle, bones, blood vessels, and connective tissue, including systemic autoimmune disease, inflammatory and degenerative diseases of joints, regional musculoskeletal disorders, osteoporosis and metabolic bone disease, pain management, imaging, immunology, genetics, clinical trials, epidemiology and clinical outcomes.

Editor-in-Chief: Peter E Lipsky, MD

Coverage includes all areas concerned with prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of disorders of the kidney in the adult and child, including hypertension, infection/inflammation, dialysis/chronic uremia, renal failure, transplantation, applied physiology, epidemiology, pathology, immunology, cancer, and genetics.

Editor-in-Chief: Robert W Schrier, MD

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