JOHN J. WILSON, THOMAS M. BEST
Examination of tendinopathies should include assessment for swelling, asymmetry, and erythema of involved tendons; range-of-motion testing; palpation for tenderness; and maneuvers that reproduce pain. Surgery is an effective treatment that should be reserved for patients who...
BEATRIX ROEMHELD-HAMM
Chasteberry has been used since ancient times to treat gynecologic conditions. Modern physicians have used the herb to treat cyclical breast discomfort and premenstrual syndrome.
DANIEL J. WATTENDORF, MAXIMILIAN MUENKE
Prader-Willi syndrome is a genetic disorder that usually involves chromosome 15. Diagnosis often is delayed because the clinical findings are relatively nonspecific and the dysmorphism often is subtle.
CAMILA K. JANNIGER, ROBERT A. SCHWARTZ, JACEK C. SZEPIETOWSKI, ADAM REICH
Intertrigo, an inflammatory condition that affects opposing surfaces of skinfolds, is commonly complicated by secondary bacterial or fungal infections. Physicians should treat the infection and instruct patients to take preventive measures.
GLEN M. BOWEN, L. WHITE GEORGE, JR, JOHN W. GERWELS
Mohs micrographic surgery is the treatment of choice for removing skin cancers in critical sites, large or recurrent tumors, tumors in sites of radiation therapy, and tumors with aggressive histologic features.
TAOUFIK M. ALSAADI, ANNA VINTER MARQUEZ
Psychogenic nonepileptic seizures are somatic manifestations of psychologic distress. Early recognition can prevent morbidity from inappropriate treatment.
A. MERRIMAN JOYCE
The Annual Scientific Assembly of the American Academy of Family Physicians is just around the corner. During the last week of September, several thousand family physicians, residents, and students will gather in San Francisco to hear presentations on the latest clinical...
CARRIE MORANTZ
HHS Outlines Principles for Reauthorization of Ryan White CARE Act | CDC Finds Record Immunization Coverage Rates in U.S. Children | Registration Open for STFM’s Conference on Patient Education | Bill Would Stop Medicare Pay Cuts, Institute Pay-for-Performance | National...
MEREDITH DESMOND
Could laughter be the newest weight loss fad? Investigators at the Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville say that laughing for 10 to 15 minutes each day can burn 10 to 40 calories, depending on a person’s body weight. Long considered “the best medicine,” laughter...
JOHN P. GEYMAN
A growing part of the U.S. population, together with many health professionals, have become concerned about problems in our health care system. Health care costs continue to rise, unabated, several times faster than the cost of living, rendering medical insurance and health...
In the past quarter century, the number of office visits to physicians in the United States increased from 581 million per year to 838 million per year, with slightly more than one half of total visits since 1980 being made to primary care physicians. Most visits to primary...
TONY MIKSANEK
Lorraine’s right leg was approximately three times the size of her left one. Astonishingly, it caused her no pain. Her lower legs and feet have been slightly swollen for years, but this massive edema was a new development. “I traveled out-of-state two days ago and sat in the...
MICHAEL SCHOOFF, KRISTA EHLERS
A 63-year-old woman has poor control of her type 2 diabetes with oral medications alone. You decide to discuss insulin therapy with her.
MARK H. EBELL
Do Tympanostomy Tubes for OME Prevent Hearing Loss?
CLARISSA KRIPKE
Room Air vs. Oxygen for Resuscitating Infants at Birth
JAMES LARCOMBE
Antibiotics. There is consensus that antibiotics are likely to be beneficial compared with placebo. Placebo-controlled trials of antibiotics for treating children with symptomatic acute urinary tract infection (UTI) are considered unethical.
VINCENT LO, JOHN NOVIASKY, JOAN NASHELSKY
Should statin therapy be offered to all patients with type 2 diabetes?
BENJAMIN BARANKIN
A woman brought her nine-year-old son in because of a pruritic rash on his abdomen (see accompanying figure). The rash was isolated to the abdomen, although the child had incidental keratosis pilaris on his extensor arms. There was a family history of atopy, but the child was...
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AMBER HUNTZINGER
The American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP) and the American College of Asthma, Allergy, and Immunology (ACAAI) have released evidence-based recommendations to guide physicians in choosing aerosol devices and drug formulations for patients with pulmonary disease....
CARRIE A. MORANTZ, AMBER HUNTZINGER
HIV Prevalence and Testing Trends in Men Who Have Sex with Men
CARRIE A. MORANTZ, AMBER HUNTZINGER
CDC Reports on U.S. Heat-Related Mortality
CARRIE A. MORANTZ, AMBER HUNTZINGER
AHA Scientific Statement on Off-Pump vs. On-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting
CARRIE A. MORANTZ, AMBER HUNTZINGER
NCHS Statistics on the Use of Electronic Medical Records
SARA SHIELDS, LUCY CANDIB, NIDHI LAL
LINDA J. GRIFFITH
Intertrigo (say: in-ter-TRY-go) is caused by wetness and soreness in skinfolds—areas where skin rubs against skin. Intertrigo leads to an itchy rash that can get infected with germs or yeast.
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