Article
Let’s put a stop to the prescribing cascade
- Author:
- John Hickner, MD, MSc
Article
Meet JFP’s new editor-in-chief
- Author:
- John Hickner, MD, MSc
Article
Is your patient still using rosiglitazone?
- Author:
- Hanna K. Gov-Ari, MD
- John Hickner, MD, MSc
Many doctors stopped prescribing rosiglitazone in 2007, when a study linked it to an elevated MI risk. An update to that study underscores the...
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Time to try this warfarin alternative?
- Author:
- Kate Kirley, MD
- John Hickner, MD, MSc
Dabigatran appears to be as effective as warfarin in preventing stroke and thromboembolism in patients with atrial fibrillation—and is easier to...
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An alternative to oral NSAIDs for acute musculoskeletal injuries
- Author:
- Nina V. Rogers, MD
- John Hickner, MD, MSc
A topical NSAID can relieve acute musculoskeletal pain, with little risk of side effects.
Article
Is there a doctor in your house? Home health care of the future
- Author:
- John Hickner, MD, MSc
A modernized, efficient, effective home health care system would be a welcome improvement on the patchwork system we have had for the past 30...
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Ovary-sparing hysterectomy: Is it right for your patient?
- Author:
- Umang Sharma, MD
- John Hickner, MD, MSc
It may be, if her surgery is not cancer-related.
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Use physical therapy to head off this deformity in infants
- Author:
- Lisa Vargish, MD, MS
- John Hickner, MD, MSc
Consider early PT to prevent severe deformational plagiocephaly.
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Suspect an eating disorder? Suggest CBT
- Author:
- Sarah-Anne Schumann, MD
- John Hickner, MD, MSc
Unless your patient is seriously underweight—with a BMI ≤17.5—cognitive behavioral therapy may be her best bet.
Article
Let them eat nuts—this snack is safe for diverticulosis patients
- Author:
- Shailendra Prasad, MBBS, MPH
- John Hickner, MD, MSc
Nuts have many health benefits, and we now know there’s no reason for patients at risk of diverticulitis to avoid them.
Article
Antidepressants causing sexual problems? Give her Viagra
- Author:
- Debra Stulberg, MD, MA
- John Hickner, MD, MSc
Female patients no longer have to choose between relief from depression and a satisfying sex life.
Article
Dust mite control measures don’t help asthma patients
- Author:
- Sarah-Anne Schumann, MD
- John Hickner, MD, MSc
Forget about mattress covers and air filtration systems. They don’t work, despite what the guidelines say.
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Acute gout: Oral steroids work as well as NSAIDs
- Author:
- Shailendra Prasad, MBBS, MPH
- Bernard Ewigman, MD, MSPH
- John Hickner, MD, MSc
Prednisone is a safe and effective alternative when NSAIDs are contraindicated.
Article
Help smokers quit: Tell them their “lung age”
- Author:
- Kristen Deane, MD
- John Hickner, MD, MSc
A clever twist on presenting spirometry results can boost smoking cessation rates.
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Patients insist on antibiotics for sinusitis? Here is a good reason to say “no”
- Author:
- Sarah-Anne Schumann, MD
- John Hickner, MD, MSc
- Bernard Ewigman, MD, MSPH
Convincing evidence emerges from primary care trials.