High-quality clinical practice guidelines for low back pain demonstrate substantial agreement overall. However, more than one-third of treatment recommendations conflict across guidelines. Which category of...
A large multinational cohort study evaluated whether COVID-19 vaccination during pregnancy reduces the risk of preeclampsia, a major hypertensive complication associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection.
Clinical experience continues to document the real-world use of an FDA-approved treatment for seizures associated with specific, hard-to-treat forms of epilepsy. In this new case study, David Burdette, MD, explains how optimization of anti-seizure medications helped an adult patient with hard-to-treat epilepsy achieve improvements in seizure control. Read more.
In this interview, Patti Truant Anderson, MPH, PhD discusses recent changes to the latest Dietary Guidelines, highlighting concerns about increased emphasis on animal protein, insufficient focus on fiber,...
Lisa Jones, MA, RDN, LDN, FAND; Bonnie Chambers, MSN, FNP-C
In this episode of Nutrition411, Bonnie Chambers, MSN, FNP-C discuss the collaboration between prescribers and registered dietitians to enhance patient care in weight management.
In this video, Johannes Thrul, PhD, MS, associate professor at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, discusses the new dietary guidelines that recommend reducing alcohol consumption for overall...
Lisa Jones, MA, RDN, LDN, FAND; Bonnie Chambers, MSN, FNP-C
In this episode of Nutrition411, the podcast, Bonnie Chambers, MSN, FNP-C, discusses the challenges of accessing GLP-1 medications, including complex criteria for coverage that often do not align with...
From papules associated with systemic symptoms to chronic nonhealing nodules, this month’s issue presents dermatologic case challenges that call for careful evaluation and timely biopsy in primary care.
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Linda Sherine Alfred, MD; Jenson Ma, MD; Khalid Khumage, MD; Andrew Wilner, MD
A 22-year-old G1P1 with a BMI of 38 and no significant past medical history presented with severe frontal headache 2 days after an uncomplicated vaginal delivery with epidural anesthesia.
A 12-year-old boy presented to the emergency department with worsening right eye pain, redness, photophobia, eyelid swelling, and blurred vision. His symptoms began 3 days after being struck in the right...
A 14-year-old girl presented to the dermatology clinic with hyperpigmented, depressed lesions on her bilateral upper extremities and trunk that had been present for 4 years, with more recent darkening.
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Margaret Taing, BS; Andy Xiao, BS; Thiagarajan Nandhagopal, MD
A late-term newborn, born at 41 weeks and 1 day gestation to a 31-year-old G5P4 mother, developed erythematous nodules on the right shoulder on day 2 of life during routine inpatient evaluation.
Catherine Anderson-Quinones, BM; Kinza Khan, BA; Sonal Khedkar, BS ; Andrew Wilner, MD; Jay Patel, DPM, MD
The patient was a 48-year-old man who presented with headache, left eye ptosis, a dilated pupil, and tooth pain for 10 days duration. They had a history of hypertension and poorly controlled type 2...
