Clinical Review
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Chronic Pain: How to Approach These 3 Common Conditions
Pain is a problem, but so is opioid abuse and misuse. Identifying and addressing the root cause of the patient's chronic pain offers a practical,...
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Pelvic Inflammatory Disease: How to Recognize and Treat
Pelvic inflammatory disease can present silently or with vague symptoms. But identifying at-risk patients has gotten a little easier, thanks to...
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Advance Care Planning: Making It Easier for Patients (and You)
Helpful resources, many of them online, are available to facilitate the process. And this time-intensive service is now billable under 2 CPT codes...
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Behavioral Health: Using Rating Scales in a Clinical Setting
A patient's mental health often goes overlooked during an evaluation, despite the known mind-body connection. Here's how you can implement easy-t0...
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Recurrent UTIs in Women: How to Refine Your Care
If you—and your patient—are frustrated by recurrent urinary tract infection, it's time to assess the evidence. What risk factors really contribute...
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Incontinentia Pigmenti: Do You Know the Signs?
The symptoms of this rare genetic disorder can affect multiple body systems and be mistaken for other conditions. But there are distinguishing...
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Zollinger-Ellison Syndrome: Not Your Average Peptic Ulcer Disease
The symptoms of this chronic ulcerative disease are often mistaken for GERD or masked by proton pump inhibitor use. Here are the signs that should...
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Is Diabetes Distress on Your Radar Screen?
Managing diabetes is a complex undertaking that can leave patients frustrated and apprehensive. The result? Worsening glycemic control. Find out...
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Common Variable Immunodeficiency: A Clinical Overview
Because it tends to manifest as recurrent or recalcitrant infections, common variable immunodeficiency (CVID) is often overlooked as a diagnosis....
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Endometriosis: From Identification to Management
A gynecologic disorder that affects women of childbearing age, endometriosis often presents with painful symptoms that signicantly reduce the...