Concern is on the rise about psychotropic medications—especially atypical antipsychotics—given to foster children covered under Medicaid. Two state Medicaid officials and a representative of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) spoke at hearings of the House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Income...
More »Concern is on the rise about psychotropic medications—especially atypical antipsychotics—given to foster children covered under Medicaid. Two state Medicaid officials and a representative of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) spoke at hearings of the House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Income...
More »One way to determine whether a patient's asthma is well controlled is to inquire about the frequency of rescue treatments with an albuterol metered-dose inhaler.
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Swelling of the wrists (A) and ankles of 3 months' duration prompted a 33-year-old man to seek medical attention. The swelling was highly migratory,...
More »The March 27 announcement from the FDA that it is looking into a possible connection between Merck's biggest seller, Singulair (montelukast sodium) and suicidality once again raises questions about whether the agency is requiring close enough scrutiny during clinical trials of possible connections...
More »A 14-year-old boy presents with frequent severe headaches characterized by sharp, throbbing pain behind his left eye and left temple.
More »Parents of young children know that colds are extremely common, especially from fall until spring. Colds account for a large number of pediatric office visits and telephone calls—particularly during "cold season."
More »An obese 61-year-old man with a history of heroin abuse was brought to the hospital after he had fallen onto his buttocks on a sidewalk.
More »In the vast majority of nonsmokers who are not receiving angiotensin converting-enzyme inhibitors and who have no evidence of active disease on chest radiographs, chronic cough is caused by postnasal drip syndrome (recently renamed upper airway cough syndrome [UACS]), asthma, non-asthmatic...
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