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Time Invested Now Helps the Patient Later

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From the President's Desk

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The Patient-Centric Practice – Small Changes Keep Patients Coming Back

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Review Articles

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Lifestyle Management for People with Diabetes – What You Need to Know From the ADA Standards of Care

Family physicians are on the front line of diabetes care. This year, the American Diabetes Association’s (ADA) Standards of Medical Care features a more robust section on lifestyle management, which is always a critical component of diabetes management. In addition, the ADA recently publ...
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A Guide to Treating the Symptoms of Menopause

Menopausal-related symptoms, which include hot flushes, night sweats, vaginal dryness, difficulty sleeping, sexual dysfunction, and depression/anxiety, among others, are experienced by roughly 80% of women and are therefore a common complaint in the primary care setting. Systemic high-do...
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Parsonage Turner Syndrome

The potential causes of shoulder pain are numerous, ranging from trauma, to disease, to hereditary issues. Here we report on a rare, but emerging potential culprit. Parsonage-Turner Syndrome (PTS) is a neurologic disorder affecting peripheral nerves, usually the upper trunk of the brachi...
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Evaluation & Management of Functional Abdominal Pain in Children

Non-organic or functional, abdominal pain is pain that exists free of a pathologic state. This is the most common type of chronic abdominal pain in children. It interrupts a child’s normal daily activities and causes stress and anxiety amongst families. In the past, it has been poorly tr...

Clinical Images

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Subcutaneous Inguinal Mass

A 21-year-old white female presented to the emergency department with intermittent right lower quadrant pain associated with a palpable nodularity that has waxed and waned in size and tenderness over the past year. The lesion seems to be more prominent around the time of her menses. Her ...