October 31st 2024
ACG 2024: New study results indicate GLP-1 RAs have a potentially protective role to play in combating EO-CRC, the incidence of which is notably rising worldwide.
October 10th 2024
Prevention of Exercise-Related Injuries in Women: 7 Tips From the CDC
August 4th 2010Your patient is a previously sedentary, overweight 39-year-old woman who has recently taken up running. She now presents with pain and swelling anteroinferior to the lateral malleolus after she twisted her ankle while running on uneven pavement 1 day earlier. Your diagnosis: an uncomplicated lateral ankle sprain.
7 Tips to Prevent Exercise-Related Injuries in Women
July 23rd 2010Weekend athletes who push themselves too hard can end up with a traumatic or overuse injury that may sideline them for weeks or months-or even permanently. And injury-associated inactivity may result in weight gain and other adverse health effects.
Disseminated Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare complex Infection
June 8th 2010A39-year-old man with a history of AIDS and nonadherence to highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) presented with frontal headache and scalp pain of 2 weeks' duration. These symptoms were accompanied by nausea, weight loss, and generalized weakness. Physical examination revealed a small, tender scalp lump, 2 × 2 cm over the left parietal area. The findings from the rest of the examination were unremarkable.
The Shared Burden of Type 2 Diabetes
May 4th 2010Dr Rutecki makes some excellent points about the costs of diabetes care and how the reduction of complications such as myocardial infarction, heart failure, and renal disease will decrease costs and suffering. But I have difficulty with the tone of his comments that seem to shift blame for the cause of these costs.
Vitamin D Deficiency: Hypothesis or Hype?
April 27th 2010Michael F. Holick, MD, PhD, the Boston University professor of medicine and well-known “apostle of vitamin D,” attracted a standing-room-only crowd Friday for a presentation on his favorite topic. It was a performance that had the audience at rapt attention for a full hour-not just because of the celebrity of the speaker, but because of the extraordinarily clever and engaging nature of his presentation.
Predicting the Risk of Type 2 Diabetes: When Does the Clock Start Ticking?
March 3rd 2010American medicine is undergoing the greatest financial scrutiny in its history. The hue and cry for reform stems primarily from the soaring costs of health care. However, placing the blame for these costs solely on increased utilization of technology, cutting-edge pharmaceuticals, cost-shifting hospitals, and physicians misses a bigger mark.
Don't Super Size It: Lifestyle, Eating Habits, and Renal Lithiasis
January 11th 2010Urologists and pediatricians are puzzling over an apparent substantial increase in renal lithiasis among children.1 In 2007, a singlecenter study found a nearly 5-fold increase in the number of children presenting with kidney stones.
Fatigue, Weight Loss, and Dysphagia in an Older Man
December 11th 2009For 1 month, a 60-year-old white man has had increasing fatigue, generalized weakness, and exertional dyspnea. He becomes short of breath after he walks only 100 to 150 yards on level ground or climbs only 1 flight of stairs. In addition, he has unintentionally lost 12 lb in the past month and has experienced intermittent dysphagia with solid foods. He attributes this last symptom to long-standing gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), for which he regularly takes over-the-counter omeprazole.
For Easier Pap Smears: Condom vs Glove
December 8th 2009I read with interest Dr Adam Breinig’s Practical Pointer, “For Easier Pap Smears, Use a Condom” (CONSULTANT, August 2009, page 488). I agree that this is an excellent way to retract the lateral vaginal walls during the speculum examination in an obese patient.