Black Salve: A Dangerous Corrosive Disguised as an Alternative Medicine.

Black salve is a dangerous compound that has long been used as an alternative and complementary medicine despite clear warnings of its hazards from the medical community and governmental agencies. A paucity of information exists for clinicians seeking guidance regarding the management of black salve-related adverse outcomes. Secondary infection is a common sequela of black salve application to skin lesions.

Expanding Medical Student Knowledge and Impacting Patient Outcomes Through a Student-Run Clinic: A Case-Based Reflection.

Cryptogenic stroke is a debilitating condition that requires follow-up care and treatment that is appropriate for the underlying etiology. Here, we present the case of a 46-year-old uninsured patient with an undocumented immigration status who presented to our student-run clinic (SRC) for the management of her post-stroke care. She initially presented to an outside hospital with focal neurological deficits, was diagnosed with an acute stroke, and was told to follow up with a primary care provider.

Intensity-specific considerations for exercise for patients with inflammatory bowel disease.

The rising prevalence of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) necessitates that patients be given increased access to cost-effective interventions to manage the disease. Exercise is a non-pharmacologic intervention that advantageously affects clinical aspects of IBD, including disease activity, immune competency, inflammation, quality of life, fatigue, and psychological factors. It is well established that exercise performed at low-to-moderate intensity across different modalities manifests many of these diseased-related benefits while also ensuring patient safety.

Heat acclimation causes a linear decrease in sweat sodium ion concentration.

The purpose of this study was to determine the time course for the previously reported reduction in sweat sodium ion concentration during heat acclimation. Four healthy volunteers completed 7 consecutive days of heat acclimation which included 2h of treadmill walking in a 40°C and 40% relative humidity environment. A modified constant hyperthermia protocol was used as workloads were increased each day to maintain a constant core temperature over the 7 days of heat acclimation.