New strategies to treat primary dysmenorrhea
Painful menstrual cramps are a quality-of-life issue for many. Clinicians should know what nonpharmacologic treatment options are available.
Practice Management
Insurer extends primary provider status to nurse practitioners
CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield will now include nurse practitioners as independent primary care providers within it’s Maryland, Northern Virginia and District of Columbia network.
Welcome mid-level dental therapists
History would predict some fervent upcoming debate about the safety and utility of non-dentist providers on the part of dentists, payers, patients, public health officials and the mid-levels themselves.
Overhaul needed to adequately care for aging U.S. population
In 2003, the United States spent about $250 billion caring for older people with chronic conditions – a figure health officials expect to climb as people from the baby boom generation continue to age.
Magnesium
Use of magnesium as a supplement is probably most well known in such laxative preparations as milk of magnesia. In more emergent scenarios, IV magnesium is used in cases of pre-eclampsia and preterm labor.
Throat pain causes a patient to divulge his lifelong secret
The man’s heretofore unknown neurologic condition calls the original diagnosis into question.
An unexpected foreign object
After taking all her pills at once, the patient developed dysphagia. But the meds weren’t to blame.
Pain, tingling, and limited range of motion after a cat bite to the finger
Originally diagnosed with cellulitis, the pain, swelling, and redness worsened considerably over the next three days.
Are we truly evidence-based providers?
Many clinicians misuse the term evidence-based medicine. Something needs to be done to prevent these words (and this concept) from becoming another medical cliché.
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