<div id="article-content-body"><p>Inflamed hemorrhoids are traditionally treated with hemorrhoidal pads impregnated with witch hazel.</p></div>
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<p>An 84-year-old man with a history of stable angina, type 2 diabetes, hyperlipidemia, and hypertension presents to the emergency department with...
<div id="article-content-body"><p>Over the past several years, I have encountered many patients in my practice with a basal temperature of less than the average 37°C (98.6°F). While I...
A 78-year-old woman requests evaluation of worsening dyspnea. A long-time smoker, she quit when chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) developed. At each of the last several visits, her hair had been...
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<p>A 26-year-old woman with dull left-sided chest pain, nausea, body aches, and low-grade fever is admitted to the hospital. She has been to other...
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<p>In his recent editorial "Why We Need to Know the Limitations of Evidence-Based Medicine" (CONSULTANT, August 2006, page 963), Dr Gregory...
Listed here are some organizations that provide education materials, diet plans and recipes, and information about community resources for those with celiac disease.
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<p>When a patient with a history of severe anaphylactic reactions needs an epinephrine auto-injector, prescribe two rather than just...
Only a small number of patients with celiac disease exhibit the normal symptoms of diarrhea with steatorrhea, weight loss, and nutritional deficiencies.
<div id="article-content-body"><p>To simplify knee aspiration (after a standard knee prep), use a regular vacuum tube with an adapter and a 21-gauge needle supplied by your...
<div id="article-content-body"><p>When I repair facial lacerations on toddlers, I find that they are likely to start pulling at the bandage as soon as I put it on. This endangers the...
<p><strong>ABSTRACT: Establishing the time of symptom onset is essential to selecting the appropriate therapy. Intravenous tissue-type plasminogen activator (t-PA), administered within 3 hours...
John R. Holman, MD, MPH; Reagan B. Anderson, DO, MPH, MCS
Melanomas usually do not arise from nevi. The most important risk factors for melanoma are a personal history of atypical nevi, a family or personal history of melanoma, and large numbers of nevi. Melanomas...