Volume 50 - Issue 5 - May 2010

Consultant

Breast Cancer Screening
Breast Cancer Screening
Breast Cancer Screening: At What Age to Stop?
04/26/2011

MARA SCHONBERG, MD, MPH
Harvard Medical School

MARA SCHONBERG, MD, MPH Harvard Medic...
The AGS encourages screening mammography for women younger than 85 who have at least 5 years' life expectancy and for healthy women 85 and older.
04/26/2011
Type 2 Diabetes
Type 2 Diabetes
The Shared Burden of Type 2 Diabetes
04/26/2011
<p>I read with great interest the recent commentary by Dr Gregory Rutecki, "Predicting the Risk of Type 2 Diabetes: When Does the Clock Start Ticking?" Dr Rutecki makes some excellent points...
04/26/2011
Zoster Vaccine After Shingles? When—and Why
04/26/2011
In the February 2010 issue of CONSULTANT, we published a question from John Mosby, MD, who wanted to know why the zoster vaccine had been administered to an older man in an earlier Photoclinic case...
04/26/2011
Annular rash resisted antifungals
Annular rash resisted antifungals
Why has this annular rash resisted antifungals?
04/26/2011

DAVID L. KAPLAN, MD—Series Editor
University of Missouri Kansas City, University of Kansas

DAVID L. KAPLAN, MD—Series Editor Uni...
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04/26/2011
Papule
Papule
Is this pearly papule cause for concern?
04/26/2011

DAVID L. KAPLAN, MD—Series Editor
University of Missouri Kansas City, University of Kansas

DAVID L. KAPLAN, MD—Series Editor Uni...
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04/26/2011
Migraine
Migraine
Migraine: A Surrogate for More Sinister Pathology?What underlying disorders should primary care clinicians be alert for in patients with migraine?
04/26/2011

GREGORY W. RUTECKI, MD—Series Editor

GREGORY W. RUTECKI, MD—Series Editor ...
<div id="article-content-body"><p>Since 3000 years BCE, headache sufferers have been writing about their painful history.<sup>1</sup> More specifically, migraines have been...
04/26/2011
Visual Symptoms of Acute Onset
Visual Symptoms of Acute Onset
Older Man With Visual Symptoms of Acute Onset
04/26/2011

RONALD N. RUBIN, MD—Series Editor

RONALD N. RUBIN, MD—Series Editor ...
<div id="article-content-body"> <p>For more than a week, a 74-year-old man has had diminished vision in his left eye. He reports that the problem started acutely with a sensation of...
04/26/2011
End of Life
End of Life
Middle-aged Patient in Dire Straits
04/26/2011

HENRY SCHNEIDERMAN, MD—Series Editor | May 4, 2010

HENRY SCHNEIDERMAN, MD—Series Editor ...
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04/26/2011
tips and tricks
tips and tricks
Frozen Swabs Give Cold Comfort
04/26/2011
<div id="article-content-body"><p>Tell patients that cotton swabs dipped in water and frozen in individual plastic bags provide quick relief for a burned tongue or lip or a tooth that...
04/26/2011
tips and tricks
tips and tricks
What to Do for Thin-Skinned Patients
04/26/2011
<div id="article-content-body"><p>Many elderly patients have fragile, atrophic skin. Tears can occur easily in such skin when you are suturing margins together or when the area is...
04/26/2011
tips and tricks
tips and tricks
It Doesn’t Add Up
04/26/2011
<div id="article-content-body"><p>Poor adherence is a problem we all confront regularly. When I prescribe long-term medications, such as antibiotics for acne, I write the prescription...
04/26/2011
tips and tricks
tips and tricks
"Left, Right, Right, Left" for Best Nasal Spray Delivery
04/26/2011
<div id="article-content-body"><p>For my patients who use nasal spray, I advise them to use the right hand to spray into the left nostril and the left hand to spray into the right...
04/26/2011
tips and tricks
tips and tricks
Your Running Days Are Numbered!
04/26/2011
<div id="article-content-body"><p>Advise runners to write the date they start wearing a pair of running shoes on the underside of the tongue, with a permanent...
04/26/2011
Eczema Therapy
Eczema Therapy
Fire Control Analogy Explains Eczema Therapy
04/26/2011
<div id="article-content-body"><p>Analogies often help make explanations clearer to patients.</p></div>
04/26/2011
Optic Neuropathy
Optic Neuropathy
Nonarteritic Anterior Ischemic Optic Neuropathy
04/26/2011

K. SHANMUGAM, MD, T.THENAPPAN, MD, and K. NARASIMHAN,MD
The Brody School of Medicine, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC | May 5, 2010

K. SHANMUGAM, MD, T.THENAPPAN, MD, an...
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04/26/2011
Breast Cancer Screening
Breast Cancer Screening
The Case for Continued Breast Cancer Screening in Older Women
04/26/2011

By LEE S. CAPLAN, MD, PhD, MPH
Morehouse School of Medicine | May 4, 2010

By LEE S. CAPLAN, MD, PhD, MPH Moreho...
Dr Mara Schonberg presents the pros and cons of continued breast cancer screening in elderly women and explains why the current guidelines are vague.
04/26/2011
Scalp
Scalp
Dissecting Cellulitis of the Scalp
04/26/2011

BALAJI YEGNESWARAN, MD and ALEJANDRO HERRERA, MD
Drexel University College of Medicine/Saint Peter’s University Hospital, New Brunswick, NJ
VISHAL JAIN, MD, MRCP
Penn State University, Hershey, Pa

BALAJI YEGNESWARAN, MD and ALEJANDRO ...
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04/26/2011