Being undernourished or overweight are no longer separate public health issues. A new article details how more than one in…
Medical News Today: Are there symptoms for high blood pressure?
High blood pressure is known as the silent killer as it rarely has symptoms. Read this article to learn how…
Cancer Prevention in Primary Care: Perception of Importance, Recognition of Risk Factors and Prescribing Behaviors
Acceptability and uptake of cancer preventive interventions is associated with physician recommendation, which is dependent on physician familiarity with available…
Safety and efficacy of high-dose unfractionated heparin versus high-dose enoxaparin for venous thromboembolism prevention in morbidly obese hospitalized patients
Venous thromboembolism is a cause of morbidity and mortality in hospitalized patients, and morbid obesity increases this risk. Various prophylaxis…
Non-steroidal Anti-inflammatory Drug Use in Chronic Arthritis Pain: Variations by Ethnicity
Determine if there are ethnic differences in the use of over-the-counter (OTC) and prescription oral non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), and…
Extrapulmonary Sarcoidosis in the Orbit, Brain and Heart
Sarcoidosis is known as the great masquerader and can affect almost any organ. The lungs are most commonly involved, but…
Bounce-back with black urine: A case report
A 33-year-old Congolese woman presented to our emergency department with a 2-month history of fatigue. Past medical history was significant…
Grave and pernicious anemia presenting as pancytopenia
A 74 year-old woman was brought to the emergency department because of general weakness and shortness of breath lasting for…
A case of subacute thyroiditis associated with Erythrovirus B19 infection
Subacute thyroiditis, also termed as De Quervain thyroiditis is a self-limited and transient inflammatory disorder of the thyroid gland1. Although…
Sudden night palsy in a young man: thyrotoxic periodic paralysis as a first manifestation of hyperthyroidism
A 19-year-old Caucasian man presented to the emergency department with acute onset of tetraparesis with preserved consciousness He reported having…