Applied Evidence
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Applied Evidence
Atrial fibrillation: Effective strategies using the latest tools
Direct oral anticoagulants or warfarin? Rate or rhythm control? Here’s how to determine which strategies to pursue and when.
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Applied Evidence
Is diabetes distress on your radar screen?
Diabetes distress, which affects almost half of those with diabetes, contributes to worsening glycemic control. Recognizing and responding to it...
Case Reports
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Case Reports
Firm, non-tender mass in right breast • worsening, nonproductive cough • pleuritic pain • Dx?
► Firm, non-tender mass in right breast
► Worsening, nonproductive cough
► Pleuritic pain
Clinical Inquiries
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Clinical Inquiries
Do pedometers increase activity and improve health outcomes?
EVIDENCE-BASED ANSWER: Yes. In overweight and obese patients, exercise interventions using a pedometer increase steps by about a mile per day over...
Commentary
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Commentary
Staring down the opioid epidemic
My medical assistant was given a prescription for 40 oxycodone after a tooth extraction.
Original Research
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Original Research
How in-office and ambulatory BP monitoring compare: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Isolated office BP measurement is insufficient to confirm or rule out poorly controlled hypertension, and it increases the likelihood of under- or...
Photo Rounds
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Photo Rounds
Rash on eyebrows and periumbilical region
Our 8-year-old patient had recently gotten new glasses. This helped us to uncover the cause of the plaques on her eyebrows—and abdomen.
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Photo Rounds
Malodorous discharge, redness, and crusting of the feet
This man was initially treated with antifungals and antibiotics based on his history of tinea pedis. But 2 days later, his condition worsened and...
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Photo Rounds
White spots on back
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Photo Rounds
Itchy scalp
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Photo Rounds
Crusty rash from head to toe
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Photo Rounds
Pruritic nodules in axillae
Practice Alert
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Practice Alert
CPSTF: A lesser known, but valuable, resource for FPs
The Community Preventive Services Task Force provides evidence-based practice interventions and related practical tools to assist in achieving...
PURLs
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PURLs
Need an add-on to metformin? Consider this
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,...
Also In This Issue
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3-in-3
How to provide effective pain treatment
In this "3 in 3" video, David Tauben, MD, FACP, describes how to refine the care you provide to patients with chronic pain.
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Audio
Statins in adults with CVD risk: The latest from the USPSTF
Find out how the most recent recommendations from the USPSTF differ from those of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association...