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The trend over the past several years toward more progressive federal and state sex education policymaking hit something of a wall in 2011.
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Do you use a pelvic exam to screen for sexually transmitted infections, check for ovarian and other gynecologic cancers, or determine whether women should receive hormonal contraceptives? If so, your practice is not supported by scientific evidence and is not recommended by any U.S. organization, according to newly published research.
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The FDA has approved a new formulation of oxymorphone extended-release tablets that is designed to be crush-resistant in order to reduce the potential for diversion and abuse.
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Scenario: Interpret the ECG shown above, obtained from an older woman on multiple drugs who presented to the emergency department with chest pain and an exacerbation of her chronic heart failure. What is the rhythm? Why so much ST depression? Clinically, what would you do?
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CPAP treatment lowered blood pressure and improved metabolic abnormalities in patients with obstructive sleep apnea.
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According to the 2010 U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), approximately 3.1 million nonfatal workplace injuries and illnesses were reported in private industry in 2010, an incidence of 3.5 cases per 100 full-time workers. Skin diseases are the most common occupational illnesses, reported at 3.9 per 10,000 full-time workers, ahead of respiratory illnesses, hearing loss, and poisoning.
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When I was a medicine resident 40 years ago just as the first ICUs were being introduced, treatment for life-threatening bacterial infections consisted of antibiotics, control or removal of the primary source, intravenous fluids, and vasopressors.