Vol. 12 No. 3 (2020): May/June 2020

These past two months have been challenging for people all over the world. As health care providers, we have not had the privilege to stay at home to avoid exposure. While we have worked to have our patients reduce their contact and have recommended the cancelling of local events including church ...

Ulcerative colitis is a multifactorial, chronic inflammatory disease of the bowel that can cause physical, social and emotional injury to the patient. While perhaps not always making the initial diagnosis or providing primary treatment, the primary care physician can play a critical role in providin...

Joint pain in the elderly is becoming ever more ubiquitous in the primary care setting. Primary care providers, especially in rural communities, may be required to manage patients with rheumatologic conditions because consultation is unavailable. Literature supporting the approach to the...

Nonmelanoma skin cancer (NMSC) is the most common cancer in the world. Basal cell carcinoma (BCC) and squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) are the most common types. SCC lesions are more likely to metastasize when compared to BCC, but due to low risk for metastasis, prognosis for NMSC is excell...

Urticaria is a common benign dermatologic condition. It is primarily manifested by well marginated pruritic wheals typically surrounded by erythema caused by the release of histamine into the skin. Urticaria may occur with or without angioedema and typically resolves within 24 hours. Urt...

This article was designed to be viewed and distributed as a PDF. Please download the PDF for easiest reading. An 11-month-old male presented to the emergency center with a two-day history of worsening cough, conjunctivitis, purulent runny nose, fever and the presence of a maculopapular rash as s...

This article was designed to be viewed and distributed as a PDF. Please download the PDF for easiest reading. Skin cancer is the most common malignancy that is diagnosed in the U.S. There are two types of skin cancer: melanoma or nonmelanoma. Melanoma skin cancers are more aggressive and spr...

This article was designed to be viewed and distributed as a PDF. Please download the PDF for easiest reading.            Ulcerative Colitis (UC) is an autoimmune disease that affects the large intestine. In UC, patients often have blood or mucus in their stool, fre...

I wish I could tell you that this is a normal Editor’s Message, but as you realize, it certainly is not. I am writing this message under the cloud of a worldwide pandemic that has created a new normal for society. Unprecedented, surreal, anomalous, and discombobulated all come back into the commo...