Nurse Practitioner and Physician Assistant salaries are typically considered high-paying across the United States, with median annual salaries ranking above $100,000 for both positions. However, salaries can differ quite a bit in cities across the country, due to cost of living and other factors. If your 2020 […]
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Sport physical season is drawing near! Clearing young athletes for participation in sports is important work. Pre-participation or clearance forms will vary by the organization and state in which the athlete is planning to participate. Nearly all forms will have sections in the history requesting information about
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Surprise, surprise! Your patients may still be having periods and starting to have hot flashes and night sweats, but they are not actually Menopausal just yet. That’s because Menopause is actually just 1 day in a woman’s life. What? Yes, that’s because the way we define menopause
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Aging. It is unavoidable unless you consider the other option: death. Most of us are in our younger, non-elderly years and living life to its fullest, or at least that is my hope. But there is a somewhat newer area of research in aging, not focused exclusively
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During the winter months, it is easy to get out of your daily routine and the shorter days mean that your circadian rhythms are disrupted putting you at risk for developing the winter blues. As a result of having less sun exposure during the winter months, and
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Sometimes an expensive, painful test is not the answer to accurate diagnosis, and the art of a hands-on physical examination is the answer! Hip pain affects a large percentage of young, otherwise healthy athletes. Intra-articular (labral) hip pathology is a painful health problem occurring across age,
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Diagnosing the “Generalized Rash” is…frustrating, challenging, invigorating, discouraging, bottom line…difficult. With over 3000 different dermatologic diagnoses and more than 50% of patients with these conditions presenting first to primary care, it is an important skill to prioritize for any health care provider (1). Primary care clinicians often
Macular, Papular, Lichenified, Oh My…Why, Oh, Why? Read More »
Every January, millions of people around the world make New Year’s resolutions; hoping to make positive changes in their lives. Sometimes resolutions are related to work or finances, but personal health and fitness goals are the themes most often cited by people. A few goals that are
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Are the guidelines changing? Aspirin has long been a recommended therapy for the prevention of coronary vascular disease (CVD). It has been used for both primary and secondary prevention strategies. Low dose aspirin was regularly recommended for patients with any significant risk of CVD. Now, however, there
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Before we dive into treatments, here’s a quick review: With PCOS, in general: Treatments for PCOS Treatments are aimed at restoring the balance of hormones, estrogen and progesterone and to decrease the unwanted side effects of acne and hair growth. Treatment goals are to help reverse insulin
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