“Do the best you can until you know better. Then, when you know better, do better.” – Maya Angelou Nearly 80% of women experience perimenopausal and menopausal vasomotor symptoms, with about one-half ...

Many primary care physicians may find it impractical to have this nuanced discussion with so many other preventive care and chronic disease management topics to address in a typical office visit. In ...

Health maintenance for women of reproductive age includes counseling and screening tests that have been demonstrated to prevent disease and improve health. This article focuses mainly on conditions ...

In patients with treatment-resistant depression, augmenting therapy with atypical antipsychotics can be effective. Adding quetiapine (Seroquel) to antidepressant therapy reduces symptoms below the ...

• PFP presents with retropatellar or peripatellar pain with knee flexion. • PFP is unlikely if squatting does not reproduce pain. • The most effective treatment for PFP are exercises that target ...

In a nonpregnant adult with clinical signs and symptoms of appendicitis, CT has a sensitivity of 95% and specificity of 94%. Therefore, the probability of having appendicitis following a positive CT ...

Acute pyelonephritis is a bacterial infection of the kidney and renal pelvis and should be suspected in patients with flank pain and laboratory evidence of urinary tract infection. Urine culture with ...

• Routine blood cultures, sputum cultures, and urinary antigen testing are not beneficial in patients with nonsevere CAP. • The Pneumonia Severity Index is recommended to determine the need for ...

• Most children diagnosed with ADHD also meet criteria for another behavioral health disorder. • Parent training in behavior management is strongly recommended for children up to middle school age ...

Oral ondansetron (Zofran) may be given to children presenting to the emergency department with vomiting and mild to moderate dehydration from acute gastroenteritis. It reduces hospital admissions and ...

• As-needed SABA therapy alone is not recommended because of severe exacerbations and mortality risks. • As-needed use of a low-dose ICS/formoterol combination is preferred in adolescents and adults ...

• The PPE should be performed as part of an athlete's routine preventive medical care with their primary physician. • Comprehensive PPEs are recommended every two to three years with annual focused ...