Applied Evidence

The dangers of colon cleansing

Author:

Aminah Alleyne Jones, MD, MPH

Ranit Mishori, MD, MHS

Aye Otubu, MD, MPH

Patients may look to colon cleansing as a way to “enhance their well-being,” but in reality they may be doing themselves harm.

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Applied Evidence

Hoarseness and chronic cough: Would you suspect reflux?

Author:

Sumeet K. Mittal, MD

Shoib Sana, DO

Munib Sana, MD

Nikki Johnston, PhD

Laryngopharyngeal reflux disease is often misdiagnosed as an upper respiratory infection or allergic rhinitis—or confused with GERD. This review...

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Applied Evidence

Managing seizures: Achieving control while minimizing risk

Author:

William J. Geiger MD, FAAFP

Conrad C. Nievera Jr, MD

Beth Musil, PharmD

Jessica Taylor Goldstein, MD

Newer medications have improved physicians’ ability to control seizures, but have made epilepsy management even more complex. Here’s how to find...

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Clinical Inquiries

When is discectomy indicated for lumbar disc disease?

Author:

Kisha Young, MD

Rhett Brown, MD

Leonora Kaufmann, MSLS

EVIDENCE-BASED ANSWER: EMERGENT DISCECTOMY is indicated in the presence of cauda equina and severe, progressive neuromotor deficits (strength of...

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Commentary

PSA screening isn’t “nonsense”—it saved my life

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Commentary

We narrowed the differential with the “Haagen-Dazs test”

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Original Research

One practice’s experiment in refusing detail rep visits

Author:

Gabriel Andeen

David V. Evans, MD

Physicians and staff discovered that the benefits of refusing visits from pharmaceutical representatives outweighed the perks they had grown...

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