Your patient is a 36-year-old woman with obesity. She asks you if getting more sleep could help her lose weight in addition to increasing physical activity and improving her diet.
Your patient is a 59-year-old man with a family history of stroke. He asks you if there are small changes he can make to his diet to decrease his risk of stroke.
A 1990 Florida law prevents anyone over aged 25 years from suing physicians for pain and suffering claims in malpractice lawsuits over the death of an unmarried parent. The law also prevents parents of...
Your patient is a 46-year-old woman who works her full-time job from home on her computer. She asks you to help her set healthy goals to be less sedentary.
Your patient is a 51-year-old man with a family history of cardiovascular disease and cancer. He asks you if his diet increases the likelihood that he will die from one of those diseases.
A private practice did not provide a patient with a complete copy of the patient’s medical records. Instead, the practice relied on a state regulation that permitted giving a summary of the medical records....
One day, Mr G, aged 56 years, came in reporting abnormal urination and back pain. Dr P ordered a prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test, the results of which were 10.96 ng/mL. Based on the results, the...
Your patient is a 46-year-old woman who is concerned about her risk of developing heart disease. She eats a typical American diet and doesn’t eat many fruits or vegetables. She asks if there are any simple...
