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Dysuria: Evaluation and Differential Diagnosis in Adults

THOMAS C. MICHELS, JARRET E. SANDS

The most common causes of dysuria are infections, including uncomplicated cystitis, pyelonephritis, urethritis, and sexually transmitted infections. Dysuria is also a common presentation of vaginitis in women and prostatitis in men. History and physical examination findings...

Diagnosis and Management of Common Types of Supraventricular Tachycardia

MARGARET R. HELTON

Supraventricular tachycardia, which includes atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia, atrioventricular reciprocating tachycardia, and atrial tachycardia, typically occurs in persons with normal hearts. Sudden onset of an accelerated heart rate can cause palpitations,...

Common Questions About Cognitive Behavior Therapy for Psychiatric Disorders

SCOTT F. COFFEY, ANNE N. BANDUCCI, CHRISTINE VINCI

Cognitive behavior therapy uses targeted strategies to help patients adopt more adaptive patterns of thinking and behaving, which leads to positive changes in emotions and decreased functional impairments. Strategies include identifying and challenging problematic thoughts...

AAFP News Now: AFP Edition

AAFP News: AFP Edition

ABFM and AAFP Team Up to Help Family Physicians Transform Their Practices | CMS Proposal on 30-Day Network Directory Updates Draws AAFP Ire | Obesity Care Model Calls for Integration Between Primary Care and Public Health | New Caucus Forms to Champion Primary Care on Capitol...

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Exercise for Osteoarthritis of the Knee

DONNA COHEN

Land-based exercise programs reduce knee pain and improve quality of life and physical function following treatment in patients with knee osteoarthritis.

Interventions Aimed at Increasing Childhood Vaccination Rates

WILLIAM E. CAYLEY, JR.

Community discussions, community meetings, and information campaigns may increase immunization uptake in areas with only moderate vaccine use. There is no clear evidence to guide face-to-face educational interventions, and the impact of face-to-face interventions is uncertain...

POEMs

Citalopram Plus Methylphenidate Better Than Either Alone for Geriatric Depression

LINDA SPEER

Combined treatment with citalopram plus methylphenidate provided faster improvement of depression symptoms in older patients with unipolar depression. Combined treatment was also more likely than either medication alone to lead to remission of depression at four weeks and 16...

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Unusual Erythematous and Infiltrated Plaque

PABLO FERNÁNDEZ-CREHUET, RICARDO RUIZ-VILLAVERDE

A man presented with a pruritic erythematous plaque on his arm days after applying an ornamental tattoo.

Curbside Consultation

Menstrual Concerns in an Adolescent with Disabilities

DAVID A. KLEIN, BREANNA L. GAWRYS, JILLIAN E. SYLVESTER

Clinicians who care for female adolescents with cognitive and physical disabilities are often consulted on the management of menstrual bleeding for purposes of hygiene, dysmenorrhea, and treatment of premenstrual symptoms. Contraception is also commonly discussed to mitigate...

Practice Guidelines Medicine by the Numbers Information from Your Family Doctor

Cognitive Behavior Therapy

Cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) is a type of talk therapy that can help you change the way you think about certain things. It can also help you change behaviors that may be unhelpful or unhealthy. CBT works as well as or better than medicine to treat certain psychological...



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