Nicotine patch may improve cognitive function
Transdermal nicotine administered to nonsmokers with mild cognitive impairment over a six-month period improved primary and secondary cognitive measures of attention, memory and mental processing.
Diagnosis & Disease Information
Higher resting heart rate may predict CV death
Increases in resting heart rate over a 10-year period correlated with a heightened risk of death from ischemic heart disease among men and women without known cardiovascular disease.
Hep B vaccine urged for adults with diabetes
The CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices recommends hepatitis B virus vaccine for all unvaccinated patients aged 19 through 59 years with diabetes.
Controlled BP levels keep patients alive
Commemorate American Heart Month by sharing new findings that reinforce the importance of avoiding hypertension.
Prescribing pain meds the right way
Just 8% of participants in a study assessing how primary care patients who are prescribed opioids are tracked underwent urine testing, only half made regular visits to their prescribers and 23% received more than one early opioid refill.
A patient ignores a suspicious breast lump
When a patient does not comply with medical recommendations, how do you protect yourself?
“Predisease”: A concept whose time has come?
Treating patients before they develop a disease is tempting, but the old adage still applies: First, do no harm.
A practical guide to metabolic syndrome
With obesity on the rise, more patients are at risk for metabolic syndrome, a diagnosis given to a set of simultaneous disorders.
Diffuse erythematous papules
A 3-year-old boy and 45-year-old man present separately to the dermatology clinic with similar looking erythematous rashes. Can you differentiate between the two?
Solving the mystery of rheumatic disease
Selecting appropriate lab tests when evaluating persons with symptoms suggesting a rheumatic condition often requires a bit of detective work.
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