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Alzheimer's management from diagnosis to late stage
Caring for a patient with Alzheimer's disease involves more than assessment and treatment. Education and legal issues must also be considered.
HIV: Make the diagnosis and take the next step
With the CDC urging screening for all willing patients, providers will be testing and managing a growing number of HIV-positive individuals.
Common pediatric hip diseases in primary care
Left untreated, these childhood conditions could have lasting effects. Our experts explain three of the most common hip disorders you'll see.
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I read the news today. Oh boy!
Lisa Stern
July 28, 2010
Don't believe everything you read. Or at least not every headline.
Mentioning the unmentionable
Lisa Stern
July 21, 2010
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Kitchen work worsens pruritic hand lesions
Peter M.H. Cham, MD, and Erin M. Warshaw, MD, MS July 01, 2010
A restaurant employee's intensely itching and burning hand lesions worsened after he was assigned to work in the kitchen.
Recurrent erosions on the neck and axillae
William Sargent Kaufman and Julia R. Nunley, MD July 01, 2010
For two years, a woman had lived with an itchy rash on her axillae and neck that became more symptomatic during the summer.
Rash preceded by fever and cough
Craig G. Burkhart, MD, MPH June 01, 2010
After four days with a high fever, cough, and conjunctivitis, a child is brought to the hospital with an extensive, maculopapular rash.
Scaly plaques spread from head to toe
Joshua Weingartner, Pamela S. Allen, MD, FAAD, and Heather Hennigan, PA-C June 01, 2010
Five months of treatment with corticosteroids and antibiotics did not relieve the scaly rash on a man's scalp, cheeks, trunk, genitals, and legs.
Vulvar pruritus with no erosions or papules
Payal Patel, MD, and Julia R. Nunley, MD May 01, 2010
A woman with no history of sexually transmitted diseases suffers intense vulvar itching. Hypopigmentation was noted with no erosions or papules.
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Carbidopa with levodopa does more than minimize nausea
July 22, 2010
The combination allows increased amounts of levodopa to be available for entry into the central nervous system.
The costs of treating Alzheimer's disease
July 22, 2010
Any delay in nursing-home placement is well worth the investment in medication.
An alternative to canes
July 22, 2010
Use hiking poles for patients with balance issues.
Be tough but fair
July 22, 2010
Bluntness is not the same as disrespect.
When to start plasmapheresis in a patient with myasthenia gravis
July 22, 2010
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