Diagnosis and management of hyperkalemia, a life-threatening electrolyte abnormality that disrupts potassium homeostasis, requires skillful navigation of complex clinical scenarios rife with unknowns and treatment paradoxes, clinicians told MedPage Today. …For one, the diagnosis of hyperkalemia often “catches clinicians by surprise,” said Csaba P. Kovesdy, MD, of the University of Tennessee Health Science Center in Memphis.… Read More
With CDC data showing a 25% increase in the suicide rate in the New Millennium, advice about how to get help for someone who might be suicidal is in order. (CNN) In sadly related news, celebrity chef, author, and TV travel show host Anthony Bourdain apparently took his own life in a French hotel. (CNN)… Read More
Type 2 diabetes is preceded sometimes up to years by the stage of prediabetes. The more attention healthcare professionals put on identifying and treating patients during this stage can significantly slow or sometimes even prevent the progression to diabetes altogether, says Samuel Dagogo-Jack. In this exclusive MedPage Today video, Dagogo-Jack, MD, of Chief, Division of… Read More
Karen C. Johnson, MD, MPH, professor of preventive medicine at University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center in Memphis, joined the FDA in discussing salt in the American diet.
The participants … are … Muneeza Khan, MD, chair, Department of Family Medicine at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center in Memphis …
“I do think that SPRING will inform our hypertension models,” said Dr. Karen Johnson, College of Medicine Endowed Professor in Women’s Health, UTHSC
… too few people were treated using the PCT algorithm, according to Muthiah Muthiah, MD, of the University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center in Memphis …
When the standard over-the-counter treatments don’t work immediately, that does not mean that the lice must be resistant. Though it’s possible that the lice may have the genes for resistance, often the problem is actually a failure to follow the treatment instructions, according to Lauren Mutrie, MD, assistant professor of pediatrics and global health at… Read More
