A 72-year-old white woman with hypertension, hypothyroidism, breast cancer (in remission), and monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance presented with a sore throat and sinus congestion of 1-month...
After recently penning an editorial titled, “Medical Scribes: Red Ink or Revenue-Sustainable Innovation?”, I was convinced that the use of medical scribes were not only a substantive step forward, but also...
A 19-year-old African-American male with a history of frenectomy and recurrent sublingual cysts presented to the emergency department for sublingual swelling.
A 69-year-old female presents with an itchy rash on the upper chest of 2 weeks duration. She does not remember any exposure history. She denies rash elsewhere and is otherwise healthy.
An 80-year-old female presents with a persistent red bump on her back of 3 months duration. She is otherwise healthy and has been taking the same statin drug for over 5 years. She said the bump is...
As the first stop for most patients, primary care practitioners must be equipped to provide specialized care. Two recent Top Papers offer key take-aways.
The burden of melanoma and nonmelanoma skin cancer (NMSC) in the elderly population is well known, with basal cell carcinoma (BCC) being the most common malignancy in humans.
A 9-year-old African American female presented with a painless left thigh swelling first noted 3 weeks prior, which had been slightly increasing in size over.
Iatrogenic hypoglycemia, which is most commonly driven by insulin but can be due to other antidiabetic agents, is a common problem for patients with diabetes.
Bensson Samuel, MD, PG Dip, PhD, DBA; Jennifer Axelband, DO; Kevin Mckim, MD; David Leh, MD
It is evident that Lyme disease is not isolated to North America alone, making it important for clinicians to have a low clinical suspicion in order to initiate appropriate treatment.
Between 2012 and 2015, the United States is posed to experience considerable growth in the older population. In 2050, individuals aged 65 and older are projected to number 83.7 million, compared to 43.1...
