In the February 2010 issue of CONSULTANT, we published a question from John Mosby, MD, who wanted to know why the zoster vaccine had been administered to an older man in an earlier Photoclinic case...
<p>I read with great interest the recent commentary by Dr Gregory Rutecki, "Predicting the Risk of Type 2 Diabetes: When Does the Clock Start Ticking?" Dr Rutecki makes some excellent points...
<div id="article-content-body"><p>Since 3000 years BCE, headache sufferers have been writing about their painful history.<sup>1</sup> More specifically, migraines have been...
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<p>For more than a week, a 74-year-old man has had diminished vision in his left eye. He reports that the problem started acutely with a sensation of...
<div id="article-content-body"><p>Tell patients that cotton swabs dipped in water and frozen in individual plastic bags provide quick relief for a burned tongue or lip or a tooth that...
<div id="article-content-body"><p>Many elderly patients have fragile, atrophic skin. Tears can occur easily in such skin when you are suturing margins together or when the area is...
<div id="article-content-body"><p>For my patients who use nasal spray, I advise them to use the right hand to spray into the left nostril and the left hand to spray into the right...
<div id="article-content-body"><p>Poor adherence is a problem we all confront regularly. When I prescribe long-term medications, such as antibiotics for acne, I write the prescription...
<div id="article-content-body"><p>Advise runners to write the date they start wearing a pair of running shoes on the underside of the tongue, with a permanent...
