<div id="article-content-body"><p>Inflamed hemorrhoids are traditionally treated with hemorrhoidal pads impregnated with witch hazel.</p></div>
DALE P. MURPHY, MD--Series Editor--and MARYJO CLEVELAND, MD
DALE P. MURPHY, MD--Series Editor--an...
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<p>An 84-year-old man with a history of stable angina, type 2 diabetes, hyperlipidemia, and hypertension presents to the emergency department with...
<div id="article-content-body"><p>Over the past several years, I have encountered many patients in my practice with a basal temperature of less than the average 37°C (98.6°F). While I...
HENRY SCHNEIDERMAN, MD--Series Editor--and JEFFREY M. KAGAN, MD
HENRY SCHNEIDERMAN, MD--Series Editor...
A 78-year-old woman requests evaluation of worsening dyspnea. A long-time smoker, she quit when chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) developed. At each of the last several visits, her hair had been...
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<p>In his recent editorial "Why We Need to Know the Limitations of Evidence-Based Medicine" (CONSULTANT, August 2006, page 963), Dr Gregory...
BIJOY TELIVALA, MD and RONALD N. RUBIN, MD— Series Editor
BIJOY TELIVALA, MD and RONALD N. RUBI...
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<p>A 26-year-old woman with dull left-sided chest pain, nausea, body aches, and low-grade fever is admitted to the hospital. She has been to other...
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<p>When a patient with a history of severe anaphylactic reactions needs an epinephrine auto-injector, prescribe two rather than just...
Listed here are some organizations that provide education materials, diet plans and recipes, and information about community resources for those with celiac disease.
Only a small number of patients with celiac disease exhibit the normal symptoms of diarrhea with steatorrhea, weight loss, and nutritional deficiencies.
<div id="article-content-body"><p>To simplify knee aspiration (after a standard knee prep), use a regular vacuum tube with an adapter and a 21-gauge needle supplied by your...
<div id="article-content-body"><p>When I repair facial lacerations on toddlers, I find that they are likely to start pulling at the bandage as soon as I put it on. This endangers the...
<p><strong>ABSTRACT: Establishing the time of symptom onset is essential to selecting the appropriate therapy. Intravenous tissue-type plasminogen activator (t-PA), administered within 3 hours...
Melanomas usually do not arise from nevi. The most important risk factors for melanoma are a personal history of atypical nevi, a family or personal history of melanoma, and large numbers of nevi. Melanomas...
