Clinical Briefs in Primary Care – April 1, 2017
April 1, 2017
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Recognizing Binge Eating Disorder
Because binge eating disorder is more common in persons with obesity, screening potentially is more useful in this population.
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Preventing Sickle Cell Disease Pain Crises
Crizanlizumab has been demonstrated to be highly effective in reducing painful crises related to sickle cell disease.
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Antisocial Behavioral Syndromes in the United States
Whether treatment for the numerous other comorbidities, such as substance abuse associated with antisocial personality disorder, will hasten time to remission is an area of needed research.
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Atopic Dermatitis Associated With Autoimmune Disorders
The list of autoimmune disorders linked with atopic dermatitis has expanded to include vitiligo, alopecia, lupus, and inflammatory bowel disease.
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Sickle Cell Trait Falsely Lowers Hemoglobin A1c
Clinicians may wish to include additional diagnostic tests for diabetes in persons with sickle cell trait, such as fasting glucose, postprandial glucose, or oral glucose tolerance testing.
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Hate Traffic? You Might Be Forgetting Something
As clinicians search for remediable explanations for Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias, several epidemiologically intriguing potential culprits have emerged, including air pollution and diesel exhaust.