Biomedical experimental data indicate that automobile accidents with no vehicle damage are unlikely to cause injury to the occupants. Soft tissue injuries heal in a few weeks. Chronic pain has ...

Despite the 1999 American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) policy statement indicating that routine neonatal circumcision is not medically necessary, circumcision continues to be the most frequently ...

The Medscape Journal of Medicine continues publication of MedGenMed beginning in January 2008. MedGenMed: Medscape General Medicine was the original open-access peer-reviewed general medical ...

The right of adolescents to access confidential health care is sensitive and controversial. Recent challenges in the court system to adolescents' right to access abortion and contraception are ...

New-onset paranoid symptoms are common among older individuals. They can signify an acute mental status change owing to medical illness, correspond to behavioural and psychological symptoms of ...

Since the inception of the nurse practitioner (NP) role in the 1960s, NPs have thrived in the delivery of primary healthcare and nurse case management. Despite patient satisfaction with NPs' style ...

HSV and varicella zoster virus (VZV) are common pathogens of skin and mucous membranes and the CNS. Their rapid and accurate diagnosis is essential for their treatment as well as infection control.

The decrease in CD4 cells during HIV infection seems to be driven by immune activation, which does not always correlate with viral load. Experienced clinicians are all too familiar with the ...

a Patient had a surgical procedure in April for which his warfarin was discontinued for five days. b During this visit, the patient was prescribed prednisone 10 mg orally daily and his warfarin ...

Pamela J. Mccabe, PH.D., R.N.; Susan A. Barnason, PH.D., R.N.; Julia Houfek, PH.D., R.N. The association between stronger beliefs that the illness is caused by ...

Pediatr Health. 2009;3(1):81-98. The three-part trial examined effectiveness against a model irritant (sodium lauryl sulfate [SLS]), protection from maceration and barrier to topical agents using ...

Although switching is usually safe and well tolerated, physician judgment concerning individual patient requirements must be maintained. The dose of the first- or second-generation β blocker that ...