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Type 2 diabetes disappeared in the absence of weight loss. This goes clearly against the theory that weight loss through calorie restriction following bypass surgery for morbid obesity is the essential mechanism.
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Simple hand lacerations are a common presenting chief complaint in emergency departments. This evidence-based study evaluated the existing data about the utility of prophylactic antibiotic usage in patients with simple hand lacerations.
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There are more than 65,000 work-related eye injuries and illnesses each year in the United States.
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Concern about the potentially lethal effects of anaphylaxis center around respiratory compromise and cardiovascular collapse. Rapidly administered epinephrine by intramuscular injection in the vastus lateralis muscle is the most commonly accepted, as well as the best initial treatment.
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Minor head injury is one of the most common injuries seen in Western emergency departments, with an estimated incidence of 100-300 per 100,000 people.
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Each year, thousands, likely hundreds of thousands, of athletes present to their physicians for preparticipation physicals.
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The primary care physician is often asked to deal with foot pain. This issue covers many of the common chronic and acute conditions that plague patients and provides differential diagnoses and therapeutic approaches.
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Sweeping new changes have been made to the guidelines for prevention of endocarditis in patients undergoing dental procedures.
