Family Medicine

How could an effective, inexpensive hepatitis C virus (HCV) drug have been available at local pharmacies without clinicians and patients knowing it? Researchers from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) have the answer.

Is orally administered morphine superior to ibuprofen for outpatient pain management for children with uncomplicated fractures?

A 28-year old man comes in who recently arrived in southern California from South America and suddenly developed a "cold." His symptoms included productive cough, shortness of breath, chest pain, fever, weakness and malaise. He also reported unexplained weight loss. Sputum and blood specimens were obtained for acid-fast smear examination and culture. A single posterior-anterior chest radiograph was obtained as part of his initial evaluation.

This 29-year-old man came in for a wellness evaluation but notes having had this rash for 8 years. Occasionally it itches, but otherwise is asymptomatic and he has had no treatment for it to date. He does not take any medications and has no significant past medical history.

While the human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) may be a common virus that is usually fought off by a healthy immune system, it can cause life-threatening infections.

For patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), at home oxygen therapy is associated with higher occurrences of burn injury, according to investigators at the University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB).

In the inner cities some children do not have the resources at their disposal to get the care they needed. Recently considerable effort has been made to helping keep them healthy and able to function in their daily lives.

Cerebral blood flow recovery in the brain could demonstrate outcomes for patients following injury resulting in concussion, according to a study published in JAMA Neurology.

What may seem like a common cold or energy-draining flu could actually be a more serious infection, as examined by JAMA Internal Medicine.

Working in an emergency room setting in the United States, in almost all circumstances provides doctors with at least most of the major needs they require to do their jobs on a daily basis. One organization is working to bring those basic needs to hospitals throughout Latin America.

A lot of work goes into a medication being approved for the public including many rounds of trials and adjustments along the way. For a new plaque psoriasis medication that work is well underway and the developers hope to have it to patients in the near future.

Having worked at Cedars Sinai since 1982 Robert J. Siegel, MD, has seen a lot of changes in the medical profession and helped many doctors hone their craft as they begin their own work in the field.

Sunil Agarwal, MD, from Mount Sinai Hospital in New York, discussed the results of his research on the use of continuous cardiac monitoring to monitor elderly patients for atrial fibrillation and sub-clinical arrhythmia and help reduce their risk of stroke and other health complications.

Researchers are always looking for new ways to use existing medications. That is true for the hormone oxytocin, which a group of researchers recently looked at as a potential weight loss tool for men.

Many male patients with low to moderate levels of testosterone are being diagnosed with depression more often these days. The question then for healthcare professionals becomes how best to treat them.

Childhood can be a stressful enough time without the impact of outside influences and other factors. Healthcare professionals around the country are working to ensure that young gender dysphoria patients get the care and help they need in their process.

A study looking at the link between benzodiazepine exposure and risk of Alzheimer's Disease.

Based upon casual observation, some have suggested that the rise in the diagnosis and incidence of asthma is related to the pertussis vaccine. This study in Sweden attempted to determine if such a relationship exists.

Just 3 minutes of sprint interval training per week may improve cardio-metabolic factors in diabetic adults.

Due to allergy concerns and changing dietary habits, children (particularly adolescents) are consuming fewer nuts. Some researchers are concerned that the lack of this key food could contribute to other health issues later in life.

Taking one final look at the pros and cons of urine drug testing for opioid risk mitigation.

This 3-day-old boy was noted to have this left buttock lesion. He was born by cesarean section at 35 weeks due to a transverse lie on presentation with premature rupture of membranes. There was no prenatal care, and routine maternal labs on admission were significant for a positive gonorrhea screen.

A 73 year-old man presents to the emergency department from his internist's office where he had complained of palpitations and light-headedness that began 4 hours earlier after his daily exercise regimen. He did not appear distressed, but his heart rate was 160 beats per minute. Blood pressure was 140/90. He had no light-headedness at the time, but continued to report palpitations. An ECG was performed.

Being just a few blocks from such entertainment icons as Broadway and the Metropolitan Opera House the Voice Center at Voice Center at the NYU Langone Medical Center doctors treat everyone from stars to understudies to the salesmen on 5th Avenue.

Once a diagnosis of Craniosynostosis is made there is still much more work to be done including determining what kind of the condition exists. The form of the defect then determines what kind of operation is needed to remedy the condition.