Health-care workers who were required by their employers to be vaccinated against influenza and who had the service offered onsite, had near universal coverage levels.
Vaccination of U.S. infants against rotavirus appears to provide indirect protection to older children and adults, too.
A combination of ibuprofen and acetaminophen can relieve chronic knee pain — including that caused by osteoarthritis — but at the cost of increased side ...
Women with unexplained infertility are at heightened risk for having undiagnosed celiac disease (CD), which may be a modifiable and treatable risk factor
One in six people aged 75 years and older is likely to have at least one abnormal liver test, and those who have two or ...
Primary-care providers continue to recommend annual cervical cancer screening, despite recommendations that suggest three-year intervals for such testing.
A new risk-prediction model designed for primary-care use can help identify asymptomatic patients at high risk of venous thromboembolism.
Medically treated patients with mild or absent GERD symptoms were shown to have significantly higher odds of developing Barret's esophagus and esophageal adenocarcinoma.
Primary-care clinicians write more prescriptions for antidepressants and see suicidal patients more frequently in the month prior to suicide than do mental health clinicians.
Fungal infections, invasive Haemophilus influenza and legionellosis are on the rise in the United States.
Inappropriate screening could lead to improper osteoporosis management.
Rilpivirine, a diarylpyrimidine non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor of HIV-1, approved for use in combination with other antiretroviral agents for the treatment of HIV-1 infection in ...
Ticagrelor significantly reduced the rate of cardiovascular death, MI or stroke compared with clopidogrel in a clinical trial.
How often should follow-up ECG be performed on a pregnant patient with atrial fibrillation (AF) that resolves with medication that is then discontinued?
Which antidepressant would you recommend for a woman aged 47 years who presents with depressed mood, low energy, decreased motivation and hypersomnia?
What is the likelihood of acid-reflux rebound in a patient stopping a proton-pump inhibitor (PPI) (pantoprazole [Protonix]) after taking the medication for one month or ...
A gastroenterologist and surgeon have recommended cholecystectomy for a patient with recurrent biliary colic and a 3% biliary ejection fraction on CCK-HIDA scan. Is this ...
What treatment options are available for chronic esophageal reflux? Is surgery ever preferable to long-term treatment with a proton-pump inhibitor?
Is it safe for a patient with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease to be on high doses (e.g., 100 mg b.i.d.) of metoprolol?
What is the best choice for cardioprotection in a woman aged 75 years with episodic symptomatic angina, MI one year earlier and a sensitivity to ...
A patient taking terbinafine for onychogryphosis developed a fine pruritic rash over sun exposed body areas while on vacation. Could the drug be to blame?
A nurse shares a simple tip for converting pounds to kilograms when calculating pediatric doses.
Advise patients with dietary restrictions to manage their daily allowance like a checkbook.
A nurse offers advice for patients that are unsure how to properly place the contraceptive vaginal ring.
Many providers confuse metoprolol tartrate and metoprolol succinate. Learn an easy way to keep them straight.
A simple tip to help you keep scalp medications where they belong, instead of saturating the hair.
In an update of its 2001 guidelines, the American Cancer Society stresses the importance of sharing the screening decision with the patient.
Type 2 diabetes in this population is increasing, but type1 diabetes is more prevalent. The ability to differentiate between these conditions is crucial.
When diagnosing, consider the location and duration of the lesion, patient age, underlying systemic disorders and clinical appearance.
There are guidelines for the management of each as a separate condition, but how do you evaluate and treat them when they appear together?
Two patients present with newly developed brown papules. The first patient, a 45-year-old man, presented with a new mole that continues to grow and is ...
A woman fractured her upper arm in a fall while exercising. A large osteolytic growth was discovered on x-ray.
The patient's symptoms indicated that lumbar puncture was required to rule out a meningitis diagnosis.
Politics, laws, rules and regulations are the very core of what drives what clinicians can and can't do; it determines reimbursement and therefore your salary. ...
Royal jelly contains a complex mixture of proteins, vitamins, minerals and carbohydrates that offer health benefits to patients with medical conditions, including hypertension, hyperlipidemia and ...
Esophagogastroduodenoscopy, colonoscopy, complement fixation, celiac, sonogram, gynecologic workup and routine labs have all been negative in a teen with a three-year history of recurrent chronic ...
A review of recent clinical trials reveals the benefits of corticosteroids in adults hospitalized with community-acquired pneumonia remain uncertain.
For HIV-infected adults with a positive tuberculin skin test, TB Prophylaxis with isoniazid for 36 months appears more effective than for six months.
The aromatase inhibitor exemestane (Aromasin) may reduce the risk of invasive breast cancer in at-risk postmenopausal women.
Studies have suggested that vitamin D supplementation may reduce cancer and cardiovascular disease, but evidence for the effects of supplementation on mortality has been inconsistent.
Research suggests that androgen-deprivation therapy improves survival when added to radiotherapy in men with locally advanced, stage T3 or T4 prostate cancer or with prostate ...
A quick review of influenza A and influenza B viruses in children, providing information on the infections' epidemiology and associated complciations, as well as tips ...
Can a clinician be sued for battery if a patient objects to a medical treatment, even after giving consent?
Exorbitant pain and suffering awards have been blamed for high clinician insurance premiums and increases in overall health insurance costs, but a new report shows ...
A doctor with Lambert Eaton Myasthenic Syndrome was mistakenly administered insulin by a nurse who neglected to read a note in his medical history specifying ...
An employee at the medical malpractice firm representing cardiologist, Mark Midei, MD, who has been accused of performing unnecessary stent procedures, misplaced a hard drive ...
