In 1982 when I was presented with the fact of my abysmal knowledge of dermatology, my supervising physician (SP) was good enough to take me aside and admit that he didn’t know much either, but what little he did know was due to what he’d learned from […]
Heart Failure (HF) has become a large part of cardiovascular medicine and with new technologies much more interesting. Patients that have HF will never be cured so the strategy is how to slow the progression of the disease. A multidisciplinary approach to caring for HF patients seems
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How many times have you injured one of your fingers? No matter how careful we are, we seem to always “put our fingers in harm’s way.” Many injuries to the hand can be prevented by wearing gloves. As medical providers we should always encourage our patients to
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PA training was all encompassing, or so I thought. I soon discovered that was not entirely true and found my passion in the cardiovascular arena. As I have grown in the profession, there are a few areas of real interest. Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a fascinating disease
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In my busy orthopedic practice, many patients present with a chief complaint of “hip pain.” Muscles and tendons around the hip are easily “stretched, pulled, irritated, or just plain sore.” However, there are multiple hip problems that occur in patients of all ages. These can start with
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By: Joyce L Ross, MSN, CRNP, Clinical Lipid Specialist, FNLA, FPCNA In April 2016, an expert consensus decision pathway on the role of Non-statin therapies for lowering LDL-C in the management of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) risk was published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.
By: Heather Roebuck, DNP, FNP-BC, FAANP I had the pleasure of collaborating with Beth Rayner, a well-known illustrator, and Barb Shumer, a national literacy expert and librarian to help educate others about melanoma, a cancer reaching epidemic proportions worldwide. Currently there are more new cases
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Plan now to sail with us this Oct 30 – Nov 4 on Royal Caribbean’s Freedom of the Seas! You’ll earn up to 16 hours of CME and will learn from the “best of the best” instructors. Joe Monroe and Scott Frischknecht, an elite duo of veteran
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As providers we are all aware of that patient who presents with premature heart disease, or that patient who closes off a newly placed stent shortly after placement in spite of treatment with traditional medications of statins, anti-coagulants, along with Beta blockade or ACE or ARB inhibition.
To perform or not to perform a genital and speculum exams in asymptomatic non-pregnant women? That is a controversial question with no clear answer. Most clinicians assume genital inspection and speculum examination in asymptomatic women is clinically valuable. Despite these practices being considered routine by most clinicians,
