Article
- Author:
- Corey Lyon, DO
Publish date: June 6, 2017
Melatonin holds more power than your average sleep aid—at least for patients with chronic migraine. Their dreams of migraine-free days just may com...
Article
- Author:
- Corey Lyon, DO
Publish date: May 1, 2017
This affordable, over-the-counter hormone is as effective as amitriptyline, causes fewer adverse effects, and may have a surprising added benefit.<...
Article
- Author:
- Corey Lyon, DO
Publish date: March 15, 2017
ACOG and the NIH recommend corticosteroids for women between 24 and 34 weeks' gestation who are at increased risk for preterm delivery. But what ab...
Article
- Author:
- Corey Lyon, DO
Publish date: February 14, 2017
Sulfonylureas have been the preferred add-on therapy to metformin for T2DM. But results of a recent analysis suggest there's a better choice—with l...
Article
- Author:
- Corey Lyon, DO
Publish date: February 1, 2017
Steroids—even when administered in the last leg of the late preterm period—still reduce the likelihood of respiratory complications in newborns.
Article
- Author:
- Corey Lyon, DO
Publish date: January 3, 2017
Sulfonylureas have been the preferred add-on therapy to metformin for T2DM, but a study finds that DPP-4s have lower risks of death, CV events, and...
Article
- Author:
- Corey Lyon, DO
Publish date: November 15, 2016
If you've ever lamented the high inaccuracy of in-office BP readings, this is for you: A simple new rule can help you sift through home BP meas...
Article
- Author:
- Corey Lyon, DO
Publish date: November 1, 2016
After taking azithromycin and prednisone for lower respiratory symptoms, this patient developed a rash. The way it spread provided a diagnostic clu...
Article
- Author:
- Corey Lyon, DO
Publish date: October 1, 2016
This novel method of identifying patients with uncontrolled hypertension correlates well with ambulatory BP monitoring.
Article
- Author:
- Corey Lyon, DO
Publish date: January 31, 2016
EVIDENCE-BASED ANSWER: Yes. Injected corticosteroids reduce symptoms of carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) more effectively than placebo or systemic ster...
Article
- Author:
- Corey Lyon, DO
Publish date: May 1, 2015
EVIDENCE-BASED ANSWER: Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has a higher sensitivity and specificity (90% and 79%) than plain radiography (54% and 68%)...
Article
- Author:
- Corey Lyon, DO
Publish date: February 26, 2015
EVIDENCE-BASED ANSWER: No. Inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) don’t improve postviral cough in adults with subacute (3-8 weeks) or chronic (>8 ...
Article
- Author:
- Corey Lyon, DO
Publish date: October 1, 2005
EVIDENCE-BASED ANSWER: For children with primary nocturnal enuresis, treatment with enuresis alarms reduced the number of wet nights by almost 4 pe...
