" said Spinks-Franklin. "When the brain is under constant threat of a racially motivated experience, it is constantly looking for, assessing, and predicting when the threat may come. That's going to interfere with how well a child performs in school."...
Selecting a Contraceptive Pill Because comparative effectiveness studies to clearly identify the superiority of one contraceptive pill formulation over another are lacking, selecting a contraceptive pill often depends on patient experience. Monophasic regimens, in which each pill has the same hormone doses...
Take our free 2-minute quiz to discover how effective your training is and get recommendations for how you can improve. Remain Mentally Engaged Throughout the day and night I repeatedly heard the same refrain from runners who chose not to continue: “I am just done with this!”, “I canno...
Azole antifungals are first-line options in the prophylaxis and treatment of invasive fungal infections. They are often used for prolonged (weeks to months) periods of time, particularly in patients with hematologic malignancies, or in those who have received a solid organ or hematopoietic stem cell...
Dibbern DA, Montanaro A. Allergies to sulfonamide antibiotics and sulfur-containing drugs. Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol. 2008;100:91–100; quiz 100–103, 111 ArticleCAS Gadde J, Spence M, Wheeler B, Adkinson NF. Clinical experience with penicillin skin testing in a large Inner-City Std clinic...
Cutaneous adverse drug reactions (ADRs) are among the most frequent adverse reactions in patients receiving drug therapy. They have a broad spectrum of clinical manifestations, are caused by various drugs, and result from different pathophysiological mechanisms. Hence, their diagnosis and management is ...