Michael Ford MD
Faculty Peer Reviewed
Last spring, The New York Times published a series of articles that examined the status of “the War on Cancer,” initiated some 40 years ago …
Category: Systems
Clinical Correlations
Wheal and Flare: Chronic Urticaria Revisited
September 9, 2009
Erin Ducharme MD
Faculty peer reviewed by Rardi Feigenbaum MD
Urticaria is a common cutaneous disorder characterized by transient edematous plaques resulting from acute dermal edema and surrounding erythema. Roughly 20% …
Myths and Realities: Ginger Ale in Treating Nausea and Vomiting
September 3, 2009
Chau Che MD
Faculty peer reviewed
Despite the numerous medications available for the treatment of nausea and vomiting, some patients and doctors insist that ginger ale will alleviate gastrointestinal …
How Should You Approach a Geriatric Insomniac?
September 2, 2009
Gilda Boroumand, MS4
Faculty Peer Reviewed
Chronic insomnia, defined as difficulty with the initiation, maintenance, duration, and quality of sleep for at least one month, is a common complaint …
Can you offer a liver transplant to a patient with HIV?
August 28, 2009
Faculty Peer Reviewed
Uzma Sarwar MD
Coincident with greater use of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART), chronic liver disease has become one of the leading causes of death amongst HIV patients. …
Diseases 2.0: Calcific Uremic Arteriolopathy (CUA)
August 26, 2009
Rebecca Hall MD
Faculty Peer Reviewed
Diseases 2.0 – Bringing you the latest updates on disease pathophysiology and treatment
Patient S.J. is a 36 year old female with …
CT Colonography-The Future of Colorectal Cancer Screening?
August 21, 2009
Ely R. Felker
Faculty Peer Reviewed
The patient is a 52 year-old white male who presented to his internist for a routine …
Class Act: How Do You Diagnose Polymyalgia Rheumatica?
August 12, 2009
Eve Wadsworth MD
Faculty Peer Reviewed
Polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) is a condition that resembles several different disorders including osteoarthritis and can be difficult to diagnose. In addition to osteoarthritis, …