Mental Health
- Pneumonia and alcohol use disorder: Implications for treatment
Patients with alcohol use disorder are at increased risk for Streptococcus pneumoniae but not resistant gram-negative infections.
- Irritable bowel syndrome with diarrhea: Treatment is a work in progress
Understanding of its mechanisms is progressing, and treatments are increasingly targeted to the individual etiology.
- Medical complications of anorexia nervosa
Many of these complications resolve with treatment and weight gain, but others can lead to permanent damage.
- Perinatal depression: A review
Depression affects 10% to 20% of women during pregnancy or postpartum, but it can be difficult to recognize.
- Pharmacogenomics: An evolving clinical tool for precision medicine
More than 90% of patients are thought to carry at least 1 genetic variant that should prompt a change in dosing or medication.
- Giant uric acid stone in the bladder
The patient said he had to urinate 30 to 40 times a day, but only in small amounts.
- Off-label and oft-prescribed
When prescribing drugs for uses beyond their FDA indications, we need to explain their anticipated side effects and benefits.
- Vaping: The new wave of nicotine addiction
Despite perceptions that vaping is harmless and claims that it can aid in smoking cessation, risks are emerging.
Functional heartburn: An underrecognized cause of PPI-refractory symptomsFunctional heartburn is the most common cause of failure of proton pump inhibitor therapy.
- Beyond depression: Other uses for tricyclic antidepressants
The pharmacology of these drugs, their potential uses in conditions other than depression, and safety considerations.