JANET R. ALBERS, SHARON K. HULL, ROBERT M. WESLEY
In women of childbearing age who have abnormal uterine bleeding, a careful history, physical examination, and laboratory evaluation may rule out etiologies such as pregnancy, medications, iatrogenic causes, systemic conditions, and genital tract pathology. Dysfunctional...
VINCENT LO RE, III, JAMES L. OCCI, ROB ROY MACGREGOR
Lyme disease is the most common vector-borne illness in the United States. Identification of the type of tick attached to a person is crucial in determining the proper treatment.
JAMES M. DANIELS, II, ELVIN G. ZOOK, JAMES M. LYNCH
A systematic examination of the hand and wrist, based on an understanding of anatomy and biomechanics, allows physicians to identify many common injuries and reduces the likelihood of a missed diagnosis.
JAMES M. DANIELS, II, ELVIN G. ZOOK, JAMES M. LYNCH
Physicians must be able to evaluate, triage, and stabilize emergent hand injuries such as vessel laceration, amputation, injection injuries, bites, and open fractures. Physical examination and assessment of distal function are essential before obtaining surgical consultation.
SHOBHA S. RAO, PHILLIP DISRAELI, TAMARA MCGREGOR
Lifestyle interventions, including dietary changes, weight loss, and exercise, can delay or prevent progression to type 2 diabetes in patients with impaired glucose tolerance.
This statement summarizes the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommendations on screening for obesity in adults based on the USPSTF's examination of evidence specific to obesity and overweight in adults. It updates the 1996 recommendations contained in the Guide...
Janis Wright
April is career month for many students, and later this month local students will be visiting the American Academy of Family Physicians for Take Your Children to Work Day. We're hoping our children will learn more about family medicine and possibly even consider a career in...
Genevieve Ressel
AAFP and AAP Release Acute Otitis Media Guideline | HHS Releases FDA Report on Combating the Obesity Epidemic | NIDDK Sponsors Clinical Trial Focusing on Type 2 Diabetes in Youth | FDA Warns Manufacturers to Stop Distributing Products Containing Andro | HHS Launches Campaign...
Sarah Evans, Heather McNeill
Television viewing can be reduced in children, according to the results of a randomized controlled study published in the Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine. Viewing time was reduced by three hours per week in children in eight preschool and day care centers in...
IGNACIO DE ARTOLA, JR.
Hardly an issue of any primary care medical journal, including this issue of American Family Physician, can be opened without encountering an article on type 2 diabetes, dyslipidemia, or hypertension. Furthermore, newspapers and television news shows are replete with reports...
“Always think twice when adjusting thyroid doses,” KS advised the fourth-year medical student. They were discussing the case of a 46-year-old woman who had been on levothyroxine for several years. The student planned to decrease her dose of medication in response to an...
MARK H. EBELL
Can this patient safely undergo noncardiac surgery?
ORALIA V. BAZALDUA, JAN BRUDER
Synopsis: Teriparatide (Forteo) is a synthetic human parathyroid hormone labeled for use in men and postmenopausal women with osteoporosis who are at high risk of fractures. It activates osteoblasts to stimulate new bone formation.
DARIN L. DINELLI, ROBERT D. MENZIES
A 74-year-old man with a three-month history of worsening anemia was admitted for a transfusion of two units of packed red blood cells. The patient tolerated the first unit without difficulty. Before the second unit finished infusing, he developed shortness of breath, chills,...
ALLEN F. SHAUGHNESSY
HENRY BARRY
MARK EBELL
DAVID SLAWSON
ANNE D. WALLING
BILL ZEPF
CAROLINE WELLBERY
CAROLINE WELLBERY
ANNE D. WALLING
CAROLINE WELLBERY
Carrie Morantz
The American Cancer Society (ACS) has released its annual recommendations for the early detection of cancer. The report was published in the January/February 2004 issue of CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians and is available online at: http://caonline.amcancersoc.org/cgi...
Carrie Morantz, Brian Torrey
CDC Report on Disease Characteristics | AHA Guidelines on Cardiovascular Disease | CDC Information on Ricin | MRI in Suspected MS
Abnormal uterine bleeding (AUB) is any bleeding from the uterus other than your normal monthly period.
Diabetes is a disease in which blood sugar levels are higher than normal. High blood sugar can cause heart attack, stroke, kidney disease, nerve damage, and vision loss. Type 2 diabetes is the most common form of diabetes.
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