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- Idiopathic hypercalciuria: Can we prevent stones and protect bones?
Patients should increase their fluid intake, follow a diet low in salt and animal protein, and take a thiazide diuretic.
- Hypothermia and severe first-degree heart block
A 96-year-old woman with hypertension, diabetes, and dementia was found unresponsive and was transferred to the hospital.
- Iliopsoas abscess
A 52-year-old woman with diabetes presents with pain in her lower abdomen and back.
- Obesity counseling: Beyond ‘eat less, move more’
Not all cancers are treated the same, and not all patients with diabetes are treated the same. The same should go for patients with obesity.
- ADHD: Overdiagnosed and overtreated, or misdiagnosed and mistreated?
Combined behavioral and drug therapy is best.
- Scapular rash and endocrine neoplasia
A woman in her 30s presents with an itchy skin-colored rash over her scapula of 8 years’ duration.
- Can effective obesity counseling fit into the 20-minute appointment?
Information from a previsit questionnaire lays the foundation for effective and reimbursable counseling and interventions.
Chronic kidney disease in African Americans: Puzzle pieces are falling into placeAfrican Americans are disproportionately affected; genetic variants in APOL1 provide an important explanation.
- Toward understanding chronic kidney disease in African Americans
African Americans respond differently to some treatments than the white male patients who participated in the clinical trials.
- Abdominal pain and bloody diarrhea in a 32-year-old woman
The patient also has numerous painful ulcerations on her skin and in her mouth.