<div id="article-content-body"><p>Our office has devised a system to reduce the number of expired drug samples that must be discarded.</p></div>
<div id="article-content-body"><p>Having suffered many assaults on my eardrums from patient vocalizations during auscultation for carotid bruits, I now ask patients to take a deep...
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<p>What else can you offer patients with depression and other mood disorders? Listed here are some organizations that provide educational conferences,...
<div id="article-content-body"><p>Recently updated clinical guidelines reflect major changes in our understanding of and approach to heart failure.<sup>1,2</sup> In my...
<div id="article-content-body"><p>My patient is an 82-year-old woman with a history of coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG), chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), pulmonary...
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<p>When you palpate for inguinal hernias, ask the patient to take a deep breath and then bear down in a moderately strenuous Valsalva maneuver—rather...
Although most persons with depression can be successfully treated with medications and/or psychotherapy, many do not seek treatment. Left untreated, depression leads to deterioration of interpersonal,...
Drugs may confer serious risks along with substantial therapeutic benefits. The aging of the population and the trend toward increased outpatient drug use—and hence the likely rise in adverse...
<div id="article-content-body"><p>One day after he had been hit in the left eye with a drinking glass, a 48-year-old man sought medical attention. He could see only light and shadows...
A quick test for detecting Alzheimer disease is to tell the patient that you will try to shake his or her hand—but at the same time tell him not to do it.
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<p>A 77-year-old man complains of deep, aching pain of several months' duration in his left thigh that is exacerbated by both standing and walking....