A 76-year-old woman was referred to our emergency department by her primary care provider out of concern for a severely low potassium level of 2.0 mEq/L.
An 8-year-old nonverbal autistic girl presented with her parents to our emergency department with a 6-week history of a progressively worsening limp. At onset, the patient had a mild limp, left-sided...
A 56-year-old man presented with a 4-month history of an asymptomatic rash on his bilateral thighs. He also reported occasional sores in his mouth. On further questioning, the patient reported recent weight...
An 11-year-old boy with a medical history significant for autism spectrum disorder and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder presented to the emergency department with a 1-month history of progressive...
The two case reports presented here explore entirely different presentations of the same diagnosis, scurvy, in two children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Case 1 is a 3-year-old boy with leg pain,...
People might reach for sugary foods when they are psychologically or emotionally stressed for physical reasons, rather than or in addition to the emotional reasons that researchers have assumed.
Although the incidence of colorectal cancer has been decreasing. It is still the third most commonly diagnosed cancer and fourth leading cause of cancer death in the world.
With so many Americans at cardiometabolic risk, it is important that primary care providers identify lifestyle-driven risk factors and prescribe appropriate therapy, primarily lifestyle-based therapy.
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