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- Drug reaction or metastatic lung cancer?
Imaging shows nodules randomly distributed throughout both lungs, a paradoxical reaction to drug therapy.
- Black hairy tongue cured concurrently with respiratory infection
Proposed causes include medications, hyposalivation, poor oral hygiene, smoking, and infection.
Breast cancer screening: Does tomosynthesis augment mammography?This technology may reduce recall rates and increase cancer detection rates, but outcome studies are needed.
- A rose by any other name is still a rose—but why a rose?
Christopher Columbus returned from the New World with a chronic illness, now believed to have been reactive arthritis.
- Medical management of urinary incontinence in women
It is common, underreported, and undertreated. Primary care physicians can offer conservative management.
- Anticoagulation for atrial fibrillation (January 2017)
Readers comment on anticoagulation for atrial fibrillation (January 2017).
Bedbugs: Helping your patient through an infestationPhysicians are often at the forefront in the diagnosis and treatment of bedbug infestation.
- A rational approach to opioid use disorder in primary care
Treating addiction is quickly becoming part of primary care. Clinicians can no longer turn a blind eye toward this problem.