For people of color, skin cancer may not be top of mind as a significant health threat. But as I tell my patients in the multi-cultural borough of the Bronx, NY, skin cancer does not discriminate and it impacts all populations regardless of color.
While somewhat rarer in skin of color, skin cancers, including potentially deadly melanoma, do occur and can be quite ...
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When my daughter was born, I hired a nanny. Her name was Kelly. She was great, a savior. She collaborated with me in running the household, enforcing the rules of the home. She even had a set of her own rules. I learned from her and her rules because she had more experience tending children than me. She wasn’t a dictator, ...
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1. 17 Doc Groups Add to 'Overused' Test List. Seventeen medical specialty societies have added their names and recommendations to a list of overused tests and procedures that should be avoided.
2. Bullying Scars the Adult Mind. Bullying has psychiatric implications into adulthood.
3. Malpractice: Laser Surgery Lawsuits Surge. Lawsuits relating to ...
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I was engaged in one of my pleasures, sitting in a coffee shop leafing through medical journals. Usually, I am perusing newspapers. I spend many hours each week combing through various newspapers and routinely forward items of interest to folks of interest. No newspapers today. I have a few gastroenterology journals to look through. My professional reading habits have evolved over my career. I am more interested in reading about ...
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Test your medicine knowledge with the MKSAP challenge, in partnership with the American College of Physicians.
A 27-year-old woman is evaluated for a 4-week history of wheals, characterized by a burning sensation without pruritus. Each individual lesion persists for 48 hours and slowly resolves, leaving a bruise. Current medications are diphenhydramine, hydroxyzine, cetirizine, and oral contraceptives. The patient's mother has systemic lupus erythematosus.
On physical examination, vital signs are normal. She ...
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1. Checklists May Improve 'Crisis' Care in the OR. Using a checklist helped assure compliance with processes set up to handle a crisis situation -- such as a cardiac arrest or massive hemorrhage -- in the operating room.
2. Smartphone Apps Not Reliable for Melanoma Dx. Four smartphone applications that purport to distinguish between benign lesions and ...
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A 46-year-old woman is evaluated for a 4-day history of an intensely pruritic rash on her face and neck. She started using a new facial moisturizer about 1 week before the onset of the rash. She has stopped using the moisturizer, but the rash has persisted. She has treated the rash with calamine lotion ...
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1. Head Lice Lotion Safe, Effective. A single, 10-minute application of topical ivermectin (Sklice) without nit combing was effective and safe for killing head lice.
2. NYC's Bellevue Evacuates 500 Patients. Officials at New York City's Bellevue Hospital Center, which has been operating on emergency generators since late Monday, announced Wednesday that they are transferring ...
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Let’s all agree on two things.
First, that energy independence is good for our country. Second that clean drinking water is also good for the country.
The development of America’s huge stores of natural gas, have given us a remarkable opportunity to accomplish the former. In particular, the process of “fracking” has made it possible to increasingly tap those huge natural gas stores. Natural gas sits in rock formations, but releasing it ...
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Test your medicine knowledge with the MKSAP challenge, in partnership with the American College of Physicians.
A 40-year-old woman is evaluated for a 4-month history of symmetrically distributed, severely pruritic, grouped erosions on her elbows, knees, back, and buttocks. The skin lesions began as red spots that developed into papules and then vesicles, which broke down as she scratched them. She reports normal bowel habits. She has no other medical ...
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