Do you have any information on how Lycium barbarum can lower blood sugars?—SUZANNE L. SKRYPAK, CRNP, MSN, CDE, Washington, Pa. Lycium barbarum (wolfberry) has a large component of complex chain polysaccharides. These molecules are the “complex carbohydrates” clinicians try to steer patients toward for metabolic stabilization. Because complex carbohydrates are digested slowly, they have a…
Always wear your white coat when conducting home visits. Patients—particularly those with dementia—find this comforting. It lets them know that the person who has come into their home is a “doctor” and that everything will be OK.—HEATHER EMANUEL, PA-C, Lacona, N.Y. (126-12)
But Prevnar may decrease meningitis and pneumonia hospitalizations.
Neither selenium nor vitamin E, alone or in combination, reduced the risk of prostate cancer or other cancers in men.
Chlamydia and gonorrhea were the two most common infectious diseases in 2007, hitting young women and minorities especially hard, the CDC announces in its annual report on sexually transmitted disease (STD) (accessed April 15, 2009). The more than 1.1 million new diagnoses for chlamydia comprise the most cases ever reported to the CDC for any condition.…
Thousands of children and adolescents worldwide are exposed to various acts related to violence and trauma on a daily basis. These incidents cross all socioeconomic, religious, ethnic, cultural, and geographic borders and pose a serious threat to the physical, emotional, and social health and well-being of the youths who witness such acts, according to a…
Two cases of neck plaques—one that gets more pruritic at night and one that worsens after a visit to the barber.
The risk of colorectal neoplasia is low five years after negative screening.
Three recent studies indicate that the Framingham risk score goes only so far as a predictor of cardiovascular problems.
A 17-year-old female developed diffuse blue-gray pigmentation of both shins over a two-month period.
