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Category Archives: General Medicine- Adults
Transgender resources
Transgender resources I recently attended a transgender medical lecture. Excellent resources abounded. Here are the ones I thought may be most helpful. https://Jackturban.com Dr. Turban is a UCSF child and adolescent psychiatrist. He has a fabulous website regarding adolescent care. … Continue reading
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Chlamydia and Gonorrhea infections. Who should be screened? What is the current treatment?
Chlamydia and Gonorrhea infections. Who should be screened? What is the current treatment? Chlamydia and gonorrhea infections are the most common sexually transmitted infections in the US. These bacteria often infect the mouth, urogenital and anorectal areas. If unknown or … Continue reading
Posted in General Medicine- Adults, infections, Obstetrics, Sexually Transmitted Infections, Women's Health
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Who gets oral yeast infections? How to treat them?
Who gets oral yeast infections? How to treat them? Most healthy people’s mouths are colonized with yeast, Candida albicans. When the yeast count is at a routine level, this should have no symptoms. Who is at risk for symptomatic oral … Continue reading
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Canker sores. What are they? How to treat them?
Canker sores. What are they? How to treat them? Ugh. Canker sores are the most common ulcerative condition in the mouth. Most ulcers are considered mild with lesions less than 1 cm in diameter. These lesions are usually present for … Continue reading
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Does a short course of antibiotics work?
Does a short course of antibiotics work to fight infection? It depends. The American College of Physicians recommends FIVE days of antibiotics for pneumonia (when it’s community acquired—not hospital or nursing home acquired). Five days is also recommended for COPD … Continue reading
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What are red flag signs for headache?
What are red flag signs for headache? Red flags are concerning symptoms that need further investigation. See your physician if you have any red flag signs. Headache red flags: Systemic symptoms: fever, chills, immunocompromised condition, infection, muscle aches, night sweats, … Continue reading
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Toenail fungus. How to treat? How to avoid it?
Toenail fungus. How to treat? How to avoid it? Onychomycosis is a chronic fungal infection of the fingernail or toenail bed. This leads to brittle, discolored, unsightly, and thickened nails. Untreated, onychomycosis can cause pain, discomfort and may negatively impact … Continue reading
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Can physical activity decrease depression?
Can physical activity decrease depression? A combined meta-analysis of 49 unique prospective studies with nearly 267,000 patients were followed up for 1,837,794 person-years. Results: Both the high intensity interval training patients and the moderate continuous training program participants showed significantly … Continue reading
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Facts about pregnancy and covid
The vaccine is safe for mom (are you a future mom?!) and baby.
Posted in General Medicine- Adults, infections
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Acute Achilles tendon rupture. Ouch! What to do now?
Acute Achilles tendon rupture. Ouch! What to do now? What is the optimal treatment of acute achilles tendon rupture? The options are to let the tendon scar over time (and not have surgery) OR to have an operation to sew … Continue reading
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