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- 1From:Clinical Advisor (Vol. 12, Issue 8)Is there any benefit in treating mononucleosis with a course of prednisone if the size of the tonsils does not interfere with breathing? --TERESA KOWALSKI, MSN,FNP, Dafter, Mich. Steroids, whether oral or...
- 2From:Clinical Advisor (Vol. 20, Issue 11)The issue of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in military veterans is commonly acknowledged. The mindset of "just get over it" has long been understood to be both unrealistic and scientifically unfounded. Even the...
- 3From:Clinical Advisor (Vol. 19, Issue 3)The sun has always held a prominent place in society. It has been worshipped as a god for its life-giving rays, as well as by those who have desired deep bronze tans on the beach. More recently, sunshine has been...
- 4From:Clinical Advisor (Vol. 14, Issue 5)A hypertensive patient with a creatinine of 1.9 mg/dL is currently taking a diruetic, calcium channel blocker, and nitrate. At what level is creatinine considered a contraindication to placing a patient on an ACE...
- 5From:Clinical Advisor (Vol. 12, Issue 7)Vinegar is one of the oldest and most common household products in the world. According to folklore, it was discovered around 5000 BC in Babylonia, when grape juice was left unattended and fermented. (1) Since then,...
- 6From:Clinical Advisor (Vol. 20, Issue 1)A complex, poorly understood plant product, kratom, or Mitragyna speciosa, has recently burst onto the American stage in a big way and gained the attention of the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), as well as the...
- 7From:Clinical Advisor (Vol. 18, Issue 12)Coconut oil The coconut is versatile in its many forms, be it shredded or flaked as a popular dessert ingredient, or as preparations that yield coconut milk, water, and oil. Recently, nutritionists and medical...
- 8From:Clinical Advisor (Vol. 18, Issue 10)Vital statistics. Name, address, date of birth. Let's look again at that last one ... date of birth. Age. As health care professionals, how many of us ask our younger adult patients if they are responsible for the care...
- 9From:Clinical Advisor (Vol. 18, Issue 2)Contributed by Sherril Sego, FNP-C, DNP (See photo at bottom of this page for more information about Dr. Sego.) A nurse practitioner inquired about a 25-year-old female who presented with 1 day of rapidly worsening...
- 10From:Clinical Advisor (Vol. 18, Issue 1)Contributed by Sherril Sego, FNP-C, DNP (See photo at bottom of facing page for more information on Dr. Sego.) A nurse practitioner asked for advice regarding a workup on a 34-year-old white female with complaints of...
- 11From:Clinical Advisor (Vol. 14, Issue 1)What is the relationship between myofascial trigger points and migraine headaches? What role do trigger points play in therapy?--MOLLY HOGAN, NP, Sausalito, Calif. Myofascial trigger points are thought to mediate...
- 12From:Clinical Advisor (Vol. 18, Issue 11)Taurine A sulphur-containing amino acid, taurine has a number of biochemical roles in human metabolism. The amino acid was first named for the Latin Taurus, which means bull or ox, because it was first described in...
- 13From:Clinical Advisor (Vol. 19, Issue 11)Vitamin K, discovered by Danish scientist Henrik Dam in 1929, is well known for its effects on the clotting cascade in blood. (1) Also known as phylloquinone, vitamin K is important because it has been found to be...
- 14From:Clinical Advisor (Vol. 17, Issue 9)One of the only viable methods of increasing intracellular levels of the superantioxidant glutathione is supplementing with N-acetylcysteine (NAC), a prodrug for the amino acid cysteine. (1) Deficiency of intracellular...
- 15From:Clinical Advisor (Vol. 16, Issue 8)Botulinum toxin (BoNT), often referred to as a "miracle poison," is one of the deadliest biological substances known to man. (1) BoNT is a neurotoxin produced by Clostridium botulinum. A rod-shaped anaerobic bacterium,...
- 16From:Clinical Advisor (Vol. 15, Issue 7)Acupuncture In some respects, James Reston put acupuncture on the map of postmodern western consciousness. Many Americans remember that Reston traveled to China in 1971 with President Nixon's secretary of state,...
- 17From:Clinical Advisor (Vol. 14, Issue 9)The world's most popular morning beverage has been alternately praised and condemned. In addition to its beckoning aroma, coffee has many potent chemical entities and is far from a benign drink. Coffea arabica is...
- 18From:Clinical Advisor (Vol. 11, Issue 8)SAMe SAMe may look peculiar in print, but it's pronounced "sammy" so it sounds familiar, like a person's name. Newsweek magazine took advantage of that coincidence in its March 1999 article "The 'Sammy' Solution."...
- 19From:Clinical Advisor (Vol. 12, Issue 5)Health professionals have known for generations that bacteria play both good and bad roles in the human body. But until the past few years, medical literature has said little about the need to ensure a homeostatic...
- 20From:Clinical Advisor (Vol. 12, Issue 12)Some of my patients have reported taking large quantities of cinnamon to prevent diabetes. What is the overall effect of ingesting this spice?--ELIZABETH CONWELL, CRNP, Oregon, Wis. Cinnamon's insulin-sensitization...