September 1, 2010

Anemia is an independent risk factor for increased morbidity and mortality, and decreased quality of life in community-dwelling older persons. Anemia of chronic inflammation or chronic kidney disease may respond to treatment of the underlying disease and selective use of…

Physicians who care for pregnant women often overestimate the teratogenic risk associated with diagnostic imaging. Exposure to nonionizing radiation during pregnancy is generally safe. The risks associated with ionizing radiation vary based on the stage of fetal development.

Differentiating psychiatric disease from other medical conditions, and identifying psychological and cognitive problems secondary to medications can be challenging. Family physicians can use information from a neuropsychological evaluation in the diagnosis and management of…

Risk factors of osteoporosis in men include older age, low body weight, substantial weight loss, physical inactivity, corticosteroid use, and previous fragility fracture or spinal cord injury. Treatment may include bisphosphonates or recombinant human parathyroid hormone…

Despite the absence of data in children demonstrating morbidity and mortality reduction by aggressive treatment of lipid disorders, the overwhelming data in adults (e.g., decreasing LDL cholesterol, improved morbidity and mortality) and evidence of atherosclerotic lesions…

Only 40 to 55 percent of children with elevated cholesterol and low-density lipoprotein levels will continue to have elevated lipids on follow-up. A recent evidence review supporting the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force statement on lipid screening in children reached the…

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Compared with standard care, therapeutic hypothermia with conventional cooling methods improves the rate of survival to hospital discharge and neurologic outcome in patients successfully resuscitated after cardiac arrest.

Photo Quiz presents readers with a clinical challenge based on a photograph or other image.

This case scenario addresses important and commonly encountered medical problems: weight gain and obesity.

Muscle cramps occur when the motor system is stressed by neuromuscular disease, a medical condition, or a physiologic process, such as dehydration or excessive exercise. Cramps are also common during the last trimester of pregnancy. The American Academy of Neurology (AAN…

Although RSV bronchiolitis usually manifests as acute upper respiratory tract infection, more serious disease involving the lower respiratory tract can develop. Preterm infants and those with congenital heart disease (CHD) or chronic lung disease of prematurity (also called…

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Many common medical tests, such as x-rays and CT (computed tomography) scans, expose the patient to radiation. If you have one of these tests while you are pregnant, your baby is also exposed. Some women have jobs that put them at risk of radiation exposure. The more radiation…

Osteoporosis (AH-stee-oh-puh-RO-sis) is a condition that weakens bones. This increases the risk of broken bones (fractures). More than 2 million American men have osteoporosis. Men older than 70 years are more likely to have it.