Volume 45 - Issue 10 - September 2005 (Supplement)

The metabolic syndrome represents a clustering of conditions and/or risk factors that lead to an increased incidence of type 2 diabetes mellitus and cardiovascular disease.

Bipolar disorder is misdiagnosed—most often as major depression—in a significant number of patients.

Given the magnitude of the impact of bipolar disorder, early diagnosis and proper treatment remain important goals.

Any clinician who has had patients with bipolar disorder will readily agree that the quality of life of such patients is quite poor.

A 12-year-old Hispanic boy with hemophilia A and high Bethesda unit factor VIII inhibitor presented after 4 days of abdominal pain and clear, nonbilious vomiting.

During a neurologic evaluation for seizures, a 17-year-old boy with epilepsy was noted to have a deformity of both lower eyelids.

An otherwise healthy 16-year-old girl presented with medial arm pain after falling on her left elbow while skating.

This patient reminded us vividly with several remarks that awareness of her past shaped the person that she is.

A Menagerie of Zoonotic Diseases including Acute retinal lesion from toxoplasmosis, Orf, Catscratch disease, and Tularemia.

Statins (HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors) are the most effective drugs in the management of elevated low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) levels.

A verrucous birthmark, a rash at the commissure of the lips, proximal nail changes—can you identify the disorders pictured here?