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> September 2006 Issue of Cortlandt Forum
September 2006 19 9 Issue of Cortlandt Forum
Quick Digest
Study: Doctors are missing CKD
Doctor in the News
Meeting Reporter: Updates from key conferences
Medical Image of the Month
Alcohol: Good for the heart
Plan B to hit the shelves
QuickTakes
Government Watch
Statisically Significant
Drug Updates from MPR
Gardasil- Cervical cancer vaccine
Oracea- Relief for rosacea
Zostavax- Shingles preventive
Azilect- Improving motor function in Parkinson’s patients
We’ve Got Answers
RISKS OF SHORT-TERM HIGH BLOOD SUGARS
REDUCING FAT NECROSIS AT INJECTION SITES
A better hemorrhoid treatment?
I have found that anal fissures and inflamed (not thrombosed) external hemorrhoids heal faster with a combination of triamcinolone and nystatin (Mycolog) cream b.i.d. for ...
ALENDRONATE AND NONHORMONAL BREAKS?
ASCERTAINING SHELLFISH ALLERGY
TESTING FOR COLD INTOLERANCE
ARE NSAIDs CAUSING APHTHOUS ULCERS?
WHAT PLATELET COUNT SIGNALS HIT?
USE ENOXAPARIN INSTEAD OF IV HEPARIN?
ANTIDOTE TO AGING
Could too much calcium have raised PSA?
Can urinary tract stones from calcium supplementation cause inflammation as they pass through the urinary tract, causing an elevated PSA?
ROLE OF ALBUMIN IN EDEMA?
CLINICAL PEARL: Flushing preventive
INDICATIONS FOR CILOSTAZOL
ARE ANTIVIRAL STOCKPILES USELESS?
FATAL TRACHEITIS
CLINICAL PEARL: Ease the pain of wart removal
VACCINATING AGAINST HPV
WILL YOU ENCOURAGE YOUR FEMALE PATIENTS AGES 9-26 TO GET THE NEW HPV VACCINE?
Pop Quiz
...on Restless Legs Syndrome
Cover Feature
Antibiotics: When less is more
In medicine, as in life, more isn't always better. Short-course antibiotic therapy, currently emerging as an important dosing strategy for treatment of a number of ...
Clinical Feature
Controlling lipids: What the evidence shows
Pruritus: What was plaguing this patient?
Dermatologic Look-Alikes
Two acneiform eruptions
Diagnostic Challenge
Aftereffects of surgery to mend a broken leg
When the patient regained consciousness, he was confused and unable to follow commands.
Diagnostic Challenge: The Geriatric Patient
An independent widow's puzzling hallucinations
Our patient put her visions to the test by asking them questions, and when they failed to answer, she knew they weren't real.
Practical Prevention
Onychomycosis: Reducing the risk of recurrence
Dermatology Dx
Red weeping nodule on the hand
Minimally tender draining nodules on the foot
Pruritic erythematous plaques on
A Most Unusual Case
A prank that led to "catfish trauma"
When 12-year-old Jimmy returned from his afternoon bike ride, his mother was alarmed to find him in an "uncomfortable" state. About 30 minutes earlier, he ...
Stat Consult
Endometriosis
Medicine and the Law
A simple dictation mix-up leads to a suit
When a physician used the wrong word to describe a pathology report in his medical record, the patient felt she had endured a needless operation.
Guidelines at a Glance
Diabetes: An active role for patients
The latest revision to the ADA's guidelines calls on physicians to stress nutritional counseling and self-management education.
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Cause of osteoporosis in celiac patients?
Compression fractures in a man with osteoporosis
Osteoporosis in men: How to treat this condition in the atypical patient
Making the best use of osteoporosis agents
Screening for osteoporosis
Imaging options for patients with acute abdominal pain
HbA1c not reliable for diagnosing diabetes
Cause of osteoporosis in celiac patients?
Osteoporosis in men: How to treat this condition in the atypical patient
Making the best use of osteoporosis agents
Modifiable risk factors cause most strokes
Compression fractures in a man with osteoporosis
Screening for osteoporosis
Cutaneous lesions
Exposure to moisture leads to palmar rash
Cutaneous lesions
Exposure to moisture leads to palmar rash
Collis-Nissen fundoplication for a symptomatic paraesophageal hernia
Tender, edematous, red plaques on a woman's hands and feet
PPIs: Good for ulcers, bad for the bones
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Osteoporosis in men: How to treat this condition in the atypical patient
Making the best use of osteoporosis agents
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