Clinical Features

Alzheimer's management
 from diagnosis to late stage

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

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

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.

The Waiting Room - the official blog of The Clinical Advisor

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

How do you broach the subject of intimate partner violence?
 

Dermatology Clinic

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.
 

Daily Medical News

Advisor Forum

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

When should plasmapheresis be considered?
 
July CME Articles from The Clinical Advisor

Clinical Feature
Alzheimer's management from diagnosis to late stage
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Dermatology Clinic
Kitchen work worsens pruritic hand lesions
Recurrent erosions on the neck and axillae
0.25 / AAPA Category I CME Credit
0.25 / CE for Nurses
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Dermatologic Look Alikes
Patches of hair loss
0.25 / CE for Nurses
0.25 / AAPA Category I CME Credit
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