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In this Q&A with Consultant360, Kim A. Carmichael, MD, discusses common eye disorders occurring in patients with diabetes, risk factors for these conditions, and diagnosis and screening.
According to Herbert Fred, MD, “to learn medicine, all you need is a patient, a medical library, and someone who knows more medicine than you do.”
A roundup of COVID-19 news, including a study of the safety of ACE inhibitors and ARBs, guidance from AMA for returning retired physicians, and potential ocular symptoms of infection.
On March 8, the FDA approved the injectable weight loss medication, semaglutide, for reducing the risk of cardiovascular events such as heart attack, stroke, and cardiovascular death in adults with heart disease and obesity or overweight.
Adults with Asperger Syndrome (AS) are more likely to experience thoughts of suicide.
<p>Individuals with schizophrenia who have visual hallucinations show deviations in cortical sulcation.</p>
The DASH diet is known to bring down blood pressure, low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol, and high-density lipoprotein cholesterol. Furthermore, when saturated fat is substituted for carbohydrate and unsaturated fat, many studies have shown that LDL levels increase.
<p>An updated analysis of a vaccine against potentially-deadly hepatitis E shows that it can provide long-term protection, at least for adults and children age 16 and older.</p>
A recent study sought to examine whether replacing NSAIDs such as meloxicam with placebo and cognitive behavioral therapy was as effective as continuing NSAID treatment in patients with knee osteoarthritis.
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<p>More than half of the apparent increase in childhood autism cases in Denmark between 1980 and 2011 may be due to changes in how those cases are reported, according to a new study.</p>
In this episode, Deborah Dowd, RDH, MS, speaks about her team’s research on oral health assessments and reassessments for assisted living residents, including the rules and regulations in 12 western states, and the importance of specifying oral self-care performance as part of the activities of daily living (ADL) assessment.
History shows that most of humankind has been cared for by ordinary, local clinicians who are not in the spotlight.
American Academy of Neurology (AAN) 65th Annual Meeting: March 16-23, 2013; San Diego, CA
<p><span>The Brodsky scale for evaluating the size of children's tonsils may give the most consistent results compared to the Friedman scale and a new modified 3-grade scale.</span></p>
<p>Family medicine has become a global movement as a medical specialty. From small beginnings over a half century ago, it has now spread from its Western roots to all continents. The origins of family medicine lie in a long history of general practice in which the only doctor for much of the world was the generalist.</p>