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.

Featured articles from our most recent issues, all available via the Nature Clinical Practice homepage:

Drug Insight: statins for nonischemic heart failure—evidence and potential mechanisms

Michael J Lipinski, Antonio Abbate, Valentin Fuster and George W Vetrovec

Should every patient with traumatic brain injury be referred to an endocrinologist?

Gianluca Aimaretti and Ezio Ghigo

Is the prevalence of idiopathic ulcers really on the increase?

Dorothy KL Chow and Joseph JY Sung

Case-mix factors explain the survival advantage of Hispanic and racial minority patients on hemodialysis

Dana Miskulin

Drug Insight: the use of melatonergic agonists for the treatment of insomnia—focus on ramelteon

Seithikurippu R Pandi-Perumal, Venkataramanujan Srinivasan, Burkhard Poeggeler, Rüdiger Hardeland and Daniel P Cardinali

Advances in primary and secondary interventions for cervical cancer: human papillomavirus prophylactic vaccines and testing

Cosette M Wheeler

Therapy Insight: scleritis and its relationship to systemic autoimmune disease

Justine R Smith, Friederike Mackensen and James T Rosenbaum

Defining the role of overactive bladder treatments in men with lower urinary tract symptoms

Gary E Lemack