Pearls

Larry is a 39-year-old man with borderline hypertension. During a regular physical, you ask Larry how his efforts to cut down on sodium have been going. He tells you that although he has been making an...

Louis is a 37-year-old physician who sustained a large local reaction to wasp envenomation at age 14, followed by an anaphylactic reaction to the next sting at age 25.

Jonathan is an 18-year-old high school graduate preparing to move away to college. At his most recent check up, he expresses concern about his body mass index.

A 46-year-old alcoholic male comes to your office stating his intention to quit drinking. He typically drinks 12-16 glasses of whisky per day.

John, a 62-year-old man, has been treated with lisinopril and amlodipine to control blood pressure (BP), but has only been able to get his BP down to 160/100 with the combination of the 2 agents.

Randall is a 62-year-old man with longstanding type 2 diabetes that is well controlled (A1c = 7.0) with metformin and glimepiride. He has been troubled with diabetic peripheral neuropathic pain (DPNP) for...

Regardless of weight loss, physical activity has many health benefits.

Authors report that memantine has been used off-label for the treatment of Parkinson spasticity, vascular dementia, Alzheimer disease, and phantom limb pain.

If working on weight with a reduced-calorie diet, it might be worth trying to have a main meal at lunch, and a lighter dinner.

Discontinuing warfarin in an attempt to reduce bleeding in patients with atrial fibrillation undergoing dental surgery could increase the risk stroke.