Hemoptysis

Clay Walker - Mar 25, 2018

When someone says, “I coughed up blood,” it is always something that perks up my ears a bit.This symptom often brings on a host of additional...

Diagnosing and Treating Hypertension in Primary Care

Daniel Champigny - Mar 25, 2018

Hypertension is one of the most common reasons for office visits to primary care and urgent care clinics every day in the United States. It is...

Managing Your Patients with Hyperlipidemia

Daniel Champigny - Mar 21, 2018

Hypercholesterolemia is one of the most commonly encountered diagnoses in outpatient family medicine. It would be impossible to pick a day on my...

Gout: A Clinical Review

Clay Walker - Mar 15, 2018

It was a late fall mid-morning when I got a call back to my office. I had a mid-80-year-old patient, that was getting added onto my schedule acutely,...

Antibiotic Overuse/Resistance

Clay Walker - Mar 12, 2018

A cough …antibiotic.Sore throat…antibiotic.A runny nose…antibiotic.Ear pain…antibiotic.We all have seen patients who will have any of these...

Pyloric Stenosis: The Case of the Vomiting Infant

Daniel Champigny - Mar 06, 2018

Vomiting is a commonly encountered complaint in neonates and infants. Whether the symptom is due to esophageal reflux or acute gastroenteritis, many...

Novel Testing for Concussions (Banyan Brain Trauma Indicator)

Clay Walker - Mar 01, 2018

Concussions are an all too prevalent injury occurring in approximately 2.8 million patients yearly.2These range from athletes in grade school to...

Power of Conversation (share decision model)

Daniel Champigny - Feb 28, 2018

As students and health care providers, we are tasked with offering patients medical advice based on screening guidelines. As scientists, it is our...