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Recreational cannabinoid use: The hazards behind the “high”
Marijuana use can cause concerning physical, psychomotor, cognitive, and psychiatric effects, not to mention a near-doubling of car accidents.
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Drug-induced weight gain: Rethinking our choices
Weight gain secondary to medications is a potentially modifiable risk. Here’s how to optimize drug choices for patients with several common...
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Poison ivy: How effective are available treatments?
In this study, only one treatment approach significantly reduced pruritus. Three approaches were often associated with recurrences of rash or...
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HIV update: Which single-tablet regimens, and when
With the approval of single-tablet regimens that contain 3 or 4 drugs, many patients take just one pill a day. So what are the options and what's...
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Is the Rx to blame for the patient’s weight gain?
I mistakenly told a patient that her beta-blocker wasn't interfering with her weight loss.
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Fibromyalgia management: A multimodal approach
In this “3 in 3” video, Wendy Wright, MS, APRN, FNP, FAANP, FAAN, identifies drugs that are especially useful in helping patients with...
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Duodenal bulb sampling barely increased celiac yield in low-probability cohort
Separate sampling of the duodenal bulb increased detection of celiac disease by only 0.1% when endoscopy patients had a low pretest probability of...
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Left ventricular thrombosis can still complicate acute myocardial infarction
Despite revascularization, the next day the patient had an ejection fraction of 35% and a mass in the left ventricle.
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AGA Clinical Practice Update: Refer early Barrett’s dysplasia to a specialist
Low-grade esophageal dysplasia must be confirmed by a GI pathologist with a special interest in Barrett’s esophagus, one who deals with the...
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ACP on gout: Treat to symptoms, not to urate targets
New gout treatment guidelines support the use of urate-lowering therapy but find no place for treating patients to achieve any specific serum...