January 2014

Though a diagnosis can be made from a single plain X-ray film, multiple views are often recommended, especially when the anatomy is so small that it is difficult to visualize a fracture.

A meta-analysis examines the association between the degree of egg consumption and the risk of coronary heart disease (CHD) and stroke.

Although the aphorism "more is better" is outwardly intuitive, its application to clinical practice is best exercised with extreme caution.

A 59-year-old woman presented to clinic for evaluation of multiple moles. Although the moles were not suspicious on physical exam, she was noted to have bilateral deformities of her thumb nails. Her past medical history is significant for chronic knee pain and breast cancer that was successfully treated 13 years ago. What is your diagnosis?

Several factors should be considered when choosing a medication and dosing schedule for this depressed adult male who reports being "very sensitive" to medication and expresses particular concern about being either sedated or "revved up" from an antidepressant.

In light of mounting physician stress and worsening burnout, one study offers a roadmap to returning "joy" to clinical practice.

Calcium supplementation with or without a high-calcium diet increases the risk of heart disease, and thus should be discouraged.

While annually screening a carefully selected population of current and former smokers will result in decreased lung cancer and all-cause mortality, the intervention will not lead to a decrease in smoking.

Many years in the making, but not without controversy, the JNC 8 is a welcomed evidence-based guideline for the management of hypertension.

In a recent study, physicians-in-training gave the iPad low marks for efficiency in documenting patient progress, though they saw value in using the mobile tablet as a research tool.

Although an increasing number of studies focus on health information technology (HIT), a recent review of those reports revealed many HIT components lack sufficient evidence on the effects of their implementation.