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<p>Antidepressant use right before and during pregnancy may be linked with a higher risk of an autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in children.</p>
Clinicians caring for cognitively impaired patients should routinely consider depression as a possible coexisting condition.
<p>Guidance that prohibits "screen time" for children under 2 years requires updating, says author. </p>
Interest in interprofessional education (IPE) has increased over the past 30 years. As the health care industry changes its focus to more patient-centered care through collaborative practices, IPE in health care educational programs has become more predominate to meet this demand.
Lewis S. Nelson, MD, chair of the Department of Emergency Medicine at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, discusses the key components of treating opioid overdose and opioid use disorder in the emergency department and beyond.
In a recent study, researchers evaluated the association between the gut microbiome and disease severity in patients with COVID-19
<p><span>The American Academy of Pediatrics has issued</span> new clinical guidelines.</p><p> </p>
Using results of the international EUCLID trial, researchers determined the risk of ischemic events among patients with peripheral artery disease and polyvascular disease.
Adults with moderate to severe depression were found to have a higher all-cause risk of ischemic heart and cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality than adults without depression, according to a prospective cohort study published in JAMA Network Open.
An 11-year-old, right-hand-dominant girl with an unremarkable medical history presented with a lump on her right wrist that had appeared the previous day.
Individuals that get more than 8 hours of sleep a night have a significantly higher risk of stroke than those getting an average amount of sleep each night, according to a new study.
This Featured article was originally published in the September 1961 issue of Consultant. Read the Editorial based on this article, written by XXX, here.
Author:
Alvan R. Feinstein, MD
New York University
Citation:
Feinstein AR. Rheumatic fever: problems in diagnosis. Consultant. 1961:1(9):16-19.
A patient came to me in search of a primary care physician who could affirm the psychosomatic nature of most of his symptoms, thus avoiding unnecessary tests that would only exacerbate his somatic symptoms.
I humbly disagree with the authors of a Photoclinic case on bilateral clinodactyly of the fifth finger that was published in your January issue. Drs Alexander Leung and W. Lane M. Robson write: "In most cases, the condition is an isolated anomaly and is not of any medical significance.
Many aging adults with intellectual and other developmental disabilities are facing healthcare issues and difficulties.
By Gabriel MillerNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Chronic rhinosinusitis may be the result of an overactive immune response to normal microbes, not necessarily bacterial infection, a new study suggests.