Mixed Topics
News
New guidelines for determining brain death released
For the first time, the guidance clarifies that clinicians don’t need to obtain consent before performing a brain death evaluation, unless...
Clinical Inquiries
Are manual therapies effective at reducing chronic tension headache frequency in adults?
EVIDENCE-BASED ANSWER: MAYBE. Among patients with chronic tension headaches, manual therapies may reduce headache frequency more than sham manual...
Photo Rounds
Not acne, but what?
The diagnosis of this patient’s inflammatory condition required us to dig deeper.
Applied Evidence
How best to diagnose and manage abdominal aortic aneurysms
The evidence summarized here can help guide your approach to this life-threatening condition that often goes undetected until rupture.
Opinion
A 42-year-old woman presented with a few days of erosions on her buccal mucosa, tongue, and soft palate
The patient had no other lesions on the rest of her body and was given high-dose corticosteroids with no resolution.
PURLs
Can these salt substitutes prevent complications of hypertension?
This study suggests the blood pressure–lowering effects of potassium-enriched salt substitutes may reduce cardiovascular morbidity and mortality...
Commentary
Feeling salty about our sodium intake
Should we replace even a small amount of the sodium in processed foods with potassium?
Case Reports
52-year-old man • intermittent fevers • recently received second dose of COVID-19 vaccine • tremors in all 4 extremities • Dx?
► Intermittent fevers
► Recently received second dose of COVID-19 vaccine
► Tremors in all 4 extremities
Applied Evidence
Inadequate sleep & obesity: Breaking the vicious cycle
Poor sleep negatively affects hormones that govern the food reward system and can interfere with weight-loss programs. Obesity in turn restricts...
Commentary
Don’t fear POTS: Tips for diagnosis and treatment
Sometimes that combination of a heart rate-lowering medication and a medication that increases blood pressure really works well.
Latest News
Lead pollutants as harmful to health as particulate matter
The economic consequences of increased exposure to lead are already immense, especially in low- and middle-income countries, according to study...