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Consider melatonin for migraine prevention
- Author:
- Corey Lyon, DO
- Shannon Langner, MD
This affordable, over-the-counter hormone is as effective as amitriptyline, causes fewer adverse effects, and may have a surprising added benefit...
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Steroids During Late Preterm Labor? Better Later Than Never
- Author:
- Corey Lyon, DO
- Jennifer K. Bello, MD, MS
ACOG and the NIH recommend corticosteroids for women between 24 and 34 weeks' gestation who are at increased risk for preterm delivery. But what...
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Need an Add-on to Metformin? Consider This
- Author:
- David Wyncott, MD
- Corey Lyon, DO
- Anne Mounsey, MD
Sulfonylureas have been the preferred add-on therapy to metformin for T2DM. But results of a recent analysis suggest there's a better choice—with...
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Steroids during late preterm labor: Better later than never
- Author:
- Corey Lyon, DO
- Jennifer K. Bello, MD, MS
Steroids—even when administered in the last leg of the late preterm period—still reduce the likelihood of respiratory complications in newborns....
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Need an add-on to metformin? Consider this
- Author:
- David Wyncott, MD
- Corey Lyon, DO
- Anne Mounsey, MD
Sulfonylureas have been the preferred add-on therapy to metformin for T2DM, but a study finds that DPP-4s have lower risks of death, CV events,...
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Monitoring Home BP Readings Just Got Easier
- Author:
- Jennie B. Jarrett, Pharm D, BCPS
- Linda Hogan, PhD
- Corey Lyon, DO
- Kate Rowland, MD, MS
If you've ever lamented the high inaccuracy of in-office BP readings, this is for you: A simple new rule can help you sift through home BP...
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Mildly pruritic palmar rash
- Author:
- Amanda Gawin, MD
- Corey Lyon, DO
- Morteza Khodaee, MD, MPH
After taking azithromycin and prednisone for lower respiratory symptoms, this patient developed a rash. The way it spread provided a diagnostic...
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Monitoring home BP readings just got easier
- Author:
- Jennie B. Jarrett, PharmD, BCPS, MMedEd
- Linda Hogan, PhD
- Corey Lyon, DO
- Kate Rowland, MD, MS
This novel method of identifying patients with uncontrolled hypertension correlates well with ambulatory BP monitoring.
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Do corticosteroid injections improve carpal tunnel syndrome symptoms?
- Author:
- Corey Lyon, DO
- Jonathan Syfert, MD
- Joan Nashelsky, MLS
EVIDENCE-BASED ANSWER: Yes. Injected corticosteroids reduce symptoms of carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) more effectively than placebo or systemic...
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What’s the best test for underlying osteomyelitis in patients with diabetic foot ulcers?
- Author:
- Morteza Khodaee, MD, MPH
- Daniel Lombardo, MD
- Linda C. Montgomery, MD
- Corey Lyon, DO
EVIDENCE-BASED ANSWER: Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has a higher sensitivity and specificity (90% and 79%) than plain radiography (54% and 68...
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Are inhaled steroids effective for a postviral cough?
- Author:
- Kimberly Insel, MD
- Corey Lyon, DO
EVIDENCE-BASED ANSWER: No. Inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) don’t improve postviral cough in adults with subacute (3-8 weeks) or chronic (>8 weeks...
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What is the best treatment for nocturnal enuresis in children?
- Author:
- Corey Lyon, DO
- Janet Schnall, MLS
EVIDENCE-BASED ANSWER: For children with primary nocturnal enuresis, treatment with enuresis alarms reduced the number of wet nights by almost 4...