By Jamie Oliver
Peer Reviewed
“Hold metformin, start sliding-scale insulin, diabetic diet, subcutaneous heparin.”
Just 10 words. For almost all admitted type 2 diabetics receiving metformin, this 10-word phrase is automatic. I am sure many medical students …
By Sandra Goldlust
Peer Reviewed
Measles was declared eliminated from the US in 2000. Our country, however, is currently in the midst of the largest measles outbreak since 1992. As of July …
By Maria Smith
Peer Reviewed
The mechanism of sodium retention and edema formation in patients with nephrotic syndrome has long been highly contested in the nephrology world. The traditional teaching was that proteinuria leads to hypoalbuminemia, …
By Ashira Lubkin, PhD
Peer Reviewed
For me, one of the most difficult things to do in outpatient medicine is to tell a patient that they need to lose weight. Weight loss …
By Lily Cao
Peer Reviewed
A quick web search would suggest countless reasons to take fish oil, a supplement that Americans have fallen in love with. In 2012, fish oil, which is …
By David Ruohoniemi
Peer Reviewed
The obesity epidemic has been widely reported in recent years. In 2005, an estimated 23.2% of the world’s population was overweight and 9.8% were obese. Projections show …
By Anna Hirsch
Peer Reviewed
The use of opioid medications for chronic low back pain, or for any chronic non-cancer pain complaint, is still a source of controversy in the …
By Thatcher Heumann, MD
Peer Reviewed
Background
Direct Oral Anticoagulants (DOACs) are a class of medications consisting of the thrombin inhibitor, dabigatran (Pradaxa), and the factor Xa inhibitors, rivaroxaban (Xarelto), apixaban (Eliquis), and edoxaban (Savaysa). …