Applied Evidence
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Applied Evidence
Practical strategy for detecting and relieving cluster headaches
Diagnosis, too often delayed, is not difficult given the typical pattern, and treatment options work for most patients.
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Applied Evidence
Naturopathic medicine: What can patients expect?
Naturopathic care—covered by many major carriers—can complement customary clinical practice.
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Applied Evidence
How should we evaluate and treat ADHD in children and adolescents?
Guidelines recommend using comprehensive screening forms rather than diagnostic studies
Clinical Inquiries
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Clinical Inquiries
Do antibiotics interfere with the efficacy of oral contraceptives?
EVIDENCE-BASED ANSWER: Among antibiotics, only rifampin has been demonstrated to interfere with the effectiveness of oral contraceptives (OCs) (...
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Clinical Inquiries
When should a chest x-ray be used to evaluate acute-onset productive cough for adults?
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Clinical Inquiries
When should you order a Lyme titer?
EVIDENCE-BASED ANSWER: Lyme titers should be ordered for patients with signs or symptoms of disseminated Lyme disease, but who do not have the...
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Clinical Inquiries
What vitamins and minerals should be given to breastfed and bottle-fed infants?
EVIDENCE-BASED ANSWER: Breastfed and formula-fed infants should receive intramuscular vitamin K soon after birth to prevent classic hemorrhagic...
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Clinical Inquiries
For fibromyalgia, which treatments are the most effective?
EVIDENCE-BASED ANSWER: There is no single most effective modality for the treatment of fibromyalgia syndrome, and no objective comparison of the...
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Clinical Inquiries
What is the best treatment for pertussis?
EVIDENCE-BASED ANSWER: A short-term course of erythromycin, azithromycin, or clarithromycin is as effective as a long-term (2-week) erythromycin...
Commentary
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Commentary
Are you running an airline?
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Commentary
Diabetes type and endogenous insulin
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Commentary
Tegaserod for chronic constipation
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Commentary
Family Medicine: Aiming higher
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Commentary
COPD and antibiotics
Original Research
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Original Research
Levels of evidence: How they help in applying study findings to clinical practice
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Original Research
Direct-to-consumer print ads for drugs: Do they undermine the physician-patient relationship?
Among the many messages in DTC print ads is: communicate with, and listen to, your physicia.
Photo Rounds
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Photo Rounds
Bullous eruption on the posterior thigh
Practice Alert
Supplements
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Medical Education Library
DIAGNOSTIC CHALLENGES: Differentiating Nighttime GERD