When out with your children, it is important to protect them from sunrays on sunny and cloudy days. Every sunburn will increase a person’s risk of having skin cancer later in life. Practicing sun safety can prevent skin aging and cancer.
The sun makes 2 types of ultraviolet (UV) rays, UVA...
Importance: Earlier egg and peanut introduction probably reduces risk of egg and peanut allergy, respectively, but it is uncertain whether food allergy as a whole can be prevented using earlier allergenic food introduction.
Objective: To investigate associations between timing of...
KEY POINTS
Most patients who report a penicillin allergy do not have a serious allergy.
Penicillin allergy delabelling enables patients to receive penicillin and β-lactam antibiotics when indicated.
A simple algorithm allows for stratification of allergy risk for patients....
Primary aldosteronism (PA) is common among patients with hypokalemia and hypertension. Patients with PA are at an increased risk of chronic disease if undiagnosed or untreated. Expert consensus recommends screening for PA in high-risk populations. Most antihypertensive medications can be...
An action plan for patients with sickle cell disease developed by the Uniformed Services University. James W. Mold, MD, MPH
Lead poisoning usually causes no immediate symptoms, but over time, lead causes damage to developing brains, so children exposed to lead (even at low levels) can have slowed growth and development and problems with learning, behavior, hearing, and speech that may be permanent. Adults with lead...
An action plan for parents of children with chronic functional constipation developed by the Uniformed Services University.
Background
Between 1999 and 2009 in the United Kingdom, 82,429 men between 50 and 69 years of age received a prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test. Localized prostate cancer was diagnosed in 2664 men. Of these men, 1643 were enrolled in a trial to evaluate the effectiveness of treatments,...
Importance Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF), defined as HF with an EF of 50% or higher at diagnosis, affects approximately 3 million people in the US and up to 32 million people worldwide. Patients with HFpEF are hospitalized approximately 1.4 times per year and have an...
Endometriosis is a chronic condition defined by the presence of endometrial-like tissue outside of the uterus, which can lead to estrogen-driven inflammation. The extent of disease can be highly variable, ranging from minimal peritoneal deposits to deep disease that can invade into the bowel,...
