Volume 53 - Issue 9 - September 2013

With an aging US population in mind, this article reviews the prevalence and pathophysiology of hypertension in older adults (aged 60 years and older).

Most type 2 diabetics have a type of dyslipidemia that is related to insulin resistance.

In LADA, patients appear to have type 2 diabetes phenotypically. They do not, however, have an early requirement for insulin.

This 18-year-old male presented for evaluation of white spots appearing on his palms after being in water that lasted up to 30 minutes. He is otherwise healthy.

This 38-year-old female is an insulin dependent diabetic for many years who presents with an itchy rash on her thigh.

This 59-year-old female presents with a hand rash a few months duration. She takes relatively high doses of an ampthetamine class medication for a diagnosis of ADHD. She is otherwise healthy.

A 45-year-old woman presented with a complaint of lower abdominal heaviness, increased frequency of urination, and change in color of urine, as well as nausea, vomiting, and fever for 1 week.

A 65-year-old man presented with an asymptomatic lesion on his penis. The lesion had been present for 6 years and had exhibited no change. He had been previously treated with topical antifungals and topical...

A 56-year-old man presents to the emergency department via ambulance with a chief complaint of vomiting. The patient reports throwing up coffee ground emesis for the past 2 days. The patient denies...

A 68-year-old woman with a history of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and hypothyroidism visited the office for fatigue and dyspnea with minimal exertion.

This month we reinforce mama’s age-old admonition regarding unhealthy food habits and tell our hypertensive patients: Drink your beet juice!

An assortment of photo-based clinical cases involving cardiology.

With more than 2,400 topical dressings, deciding which one is most appropriate for a particular wound can be daunting. The goal is to keep the wound bed moist and the periwound tissue dry, remove exudate...

A 75-year-old female presented with several days of cloudy vision to her inferior left eye gaze and a dull 3/10 frontal headache, without any nausea, vomiting, or photophobia. She reported having a sharp...

By 2025, there will be 1.2 billion frail individuals in the world, 75% of which live in developing nations, according to WHO data. As such, frailty is evolving into a medical care challenge that will...

Medication is often necessary to reduce the severity of symptoms and is becoming an essential component of the overall management of PTSD. In addition to relieving core symptoms, pharmacological agents can...

A 77-year-old woman was admitted to the sub-acute unit for medical rehabilitation. The patient was blind secondary to metastatic brain disease from a carcinoma of the paranasal sinus. She received...

A clarification of semantics and expansion on data regarding the treatment of diabetes and prediabetes, along with responses from our editorial board.

Canadian medical educator Sir William Osler (1849-1919) is, in my opinion, one of the most influential English-speaking physicians in the history of Western medicine.

Have you visited Consultant360 lately? If you haven’t, now is a good time to take a look. Over the past few months, we have been working hard to create an interactive Consultant community. As the new...