Latest Articles
- Autism in the office
To many, the image of autism is of a cute sandy-haired boy reciting the batting averages of baseball players. But the spectrum of autism is wide.
- Bilateral adrenal masses
In a woman with a thrombus in the aorta, imaging reveals bilateral high-density adrenal masses. What is the diagnosis?
Sessile serrated polyps: Cancer risk and appropriate surveillanceThe serrated polyp pathway is different than the pathway for conventional adenomas. What does finding these polyps on colonoscopy mean for patient care?
- Appreciating Asperger syndrome: Implications for better care and outcomes
The behavior of an Einstein, Ford, Edison, or Beethoven might lead to a diagnosis of Asperger syndrome today.
- Statins and diabetes risk: Fact, fiction, and clinical implications
The benefit of preventing serious cardiovascular events using statins seems to outweigh the higher risks of diabetes and poorer glycemic control.
- Nail pigmentation and fatigue
A number of conditions can cause discoloration of the nails. What is the diagnosis?
- Should N-acetylcysteine be used routinely to prevent contrast-induced acute kidney injury?
Its routine use is not supported at this time, but there is evidence to suggest giving it to patients with baseline renal dysfunction.
- Androgen deficiency in older men: Indications, advantages, and pitfalls of testosterone replacement therapy
This, the second of two articles on hypogonadism in men, focuses on the appropriate use of testosterone therapy.
- A rash after streptococcal infection
The patient, a 39-year-old woman, had been taking amoxicillin for streptococcal pharyngitis. What caused the rash?