Applied Evidence
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Applied Evidence
A stroke—or something else?
The patient—who’d had a CVA the year before—was experiencing numbness and weakness in her right leg and foot, and had an increasingly unsteady...
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Applied Evidence
Aspirin for CV prevention—for which patients?
Put your patient on aspirin? Take him off? Here’s what you need to know to get it right.
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Applied Evidence
The mammography controversy: When should you screen?
ACOG’s new guidelines call for more frequent breast cancer screening. The USPSTF recommends less. What’s best for your patients?
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Applied Evidence
Chronic hepatitis B infection: A workshop consensus statement and algorithm
Here, presented with an evidence-based algorithm, are workshop consensus recommendations on whom to screen for hepatitis B and when to pursue...
Clinical Inquiries
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Clinical Inquiries
What risk factors contribute to C difficile diarrhea?
EVIDENCE-BASED ANSWER: CERTAIN ANTIBIOTICS AND USING 3 OR MORE ANTIBIOTICS AT ONE TIME are associated with Clostridium difficile-associated...
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Clinical Inquiries
Does brief physician counseling promote weight loss?
EVIDENCE-BASED ANSWER: IN SOME CASES, it may. While physician counseling alone isn’t more effective for weight loss than usual care (strength of...
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Clinical Inquiries
What’s the best way to relieve mastitis in breastfeeding mothers?
EVIDENCE-BASED ANSWER: FREQUENT BREAST EMPTYING helps both infectious and noninfectious mastitis (strength of recommendation [SOR]: A, 1...
Commentary
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Commentary
The rebirth of the solo family doc
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Commentary
ERRATUM
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Commentary
Does the D-dimer get too much or too little weight?
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Commentary
There’s more to a visit than refilling meds
Medical Verdicts
Photo Rounds
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Photo Rounds
Pruritic rash on trunk
The patient had been treated with topical antifungals and steroids without relief, but a more detailed history suggested a serious infectious...
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Photo Rounds
Hair loss, eruptions
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Photo Rounds
Alopecia
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Photo Rounds
Hair loss, lesions
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Photo Rounds
Small area of hair loss
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Photo Rounds
Papule on thigh
Practice Alert
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Practice Alert
Ready for flu season? The 2011-2012 ACIP recommendations
Strains in this year’s vaccine are identical to last year’s, but revaccination is strongly recommended. Also, the dosing decision for children...
PURLs
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PURLs
Statins for patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver?
Although physicians often avoid prescribing statins for patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver, their use has been found to reduce cardiovascular...
Supplements
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Medical Education Library
Chronic Pain Perspectives - September 2011
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Sponsored Supplement
Intensifying type 2 diabetes therapy: Assessing the options