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Early recognition and treatment can help preserve as much hair as possible.
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Concern about hyperkalemia and a decline in renal function has led to underuse of these drugs.
- Prescribing exercise to help your patients lose weight
It’s not enough to tell patients to exercise. The exercise you prescribe needs to be “SMART.”
- Skin findings associated with nutritional deficiencies
Reviewing the dermatologic effects of defi ciencies of zinc and vitamins A, B2, B3, B6, and C.
- Tired, aching, ANA-positive: Does your patient have lupus or fibromyalgia?
Do not rely on the antinuclear antibody test to make the distinction between fibromyalgia and lupus.
- ACC/AHA lipid guidelines: Personalized care to prevent cardiovascular disease
Risk assessment, drugs, patient subgroups, value of therapy, personalized plans, and shared decision-making.
Glucocorticoid-induced adrenal insufficiency and glucocorticoid withdrawal syndrome: Two sides of the same coinThis review highlights the differences between primary adrenal insufficiency, secondary adrenal insufficiency, including glucocorticoid-induced adrenal insufficiency, and glucocorticoid withdrawal syndrome.
- Lymphedema vs lipedema: Similar but different
Lymphedema, lipedema, and even simple obesity in the extremities can resemble each other superficially and are often confused for one another, but they differ in important ways.
How should a patient with an isolated GGT elevation be evaluated?Given GGT’s extremely low specificity, do not get on a merry-go-round of testing when this liver enzyme is elevated.
- Microscopic colitis: What is it, and what are the treatment options?
Budesonide, first-line therapy for this inflammatory disorder characterized by chronic diarrhea, improves symptoms and quality of life.