Family Medicine
- Vaccine hesitancy in the time of COVID: How to manage a public health threat
It is important to empower patients to be their own advocates while helping them sort through the data on vaccines, emphasizing what we know and where uncertainty remains.
- Nonhormone therapies for vasomotor symptom management
The authors provide an up-to-date overview of evidence-based nonhormone therapies available for management of vasomotor symptoms.
- Is there a role for chronic suppressive therapy in herpes simplex virus infection?
Yes, in patients with recurrent oral and genital HSV-2 infection and oral HSV-1 infection.
Cirrhosis: Primary care approaches to screening, immunization, and lifestyle modificationsThe authors review management of cirrhosis and complications such as esophageal varices and hepatocellular carcinoma, as well as chemical and medication exposures.
- To prophylax or not to prophylax for endocarditis: Still a question
Give prophylactic antibiotics before invasive dental procedures? On the surface, it may seem sensible. But we have more to learn about the successful clearance of bacteria from the bloodstream and why protective mechanisms occasionally fail.
- Getting to the root of the problem: Should my patient receive antibiotics before dental procedures to prevent infective endocarditis?
Individual risk depends on inherent patient and procedural risk factors. The authors offer practical points to aid decision-making.
Hoarseness: When to observe and when to referA concise, illustrated review of basic laryngeal anatomy and function, symptoms of vocal-fold pathology, and current guidelines from the American Academy of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery.