Eosinophilic Gastroenteritis Presenting As Unexplained Chronic Abdominal Pain.

A 27-year-old Caucasian female was hospitalized three times over a four-month period for recurrent, intermittent abdominal pain associated with nausea and diarrhea. No signs or symptoms of gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding were present. A stool occult blood test and stool enteric pathogen tests were negative.

Using Herbs and Spices to Increase Vegetable Intake Among Rural Adolescents.

Objective: To test whether adding herbs and spices to school lunch vegetables increases selection and intake compared with lightly salted control versions among rural adolescents.

Design: This study compared intake of vegetables with herbs and spices with lightly salted controls (phase I) and tested whether 5 repeated exposures would increase students' intake of herb and spice seasoned vegetables (phase II).

Participants And Setting: A total of 600-700 students at a rural middle/high school (age 11-18 years).

The Dislocated Hip Hemiarthroplasty: Current Concepts of Etiological factors and Management.

Background: Hip hemiarthroplasty (HA) following an intracapsular neck of femur fracture is an increasingly common procedure as a result of an ageing population. Patients are often frail and so morbidity and mortality figures are significant. As a result the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) has formulated guidelines and a Best Practice Tariff (BPT) in an attempt to improve the care of such patients.

Treatment for sternoclavicular joint infections: a multi-institutional study.

Background: Sternoclavicular joint (SCJ) infections are rare and difficult to manage. Surgery is necessary for treatment.

Methods: A retrospective chart review of the university hospital and Veterans Administration (VA) hospitals of all patients treated for SCJ infections since 2001 was conducted.

Loperamide-Related Deaths in North Carolina.

Loperamide (Imodium) has been accepted as a safe, effective, over-the-counter anti-diarrheal drug with low potential for abuse. It is a synthetic opioid that lacks central nervous system activity at prescribed doses, rendering it ineffective for abuse. Since 2012, however, the North Carolina Office of the Chief Medical Examiner has seen cases involving loperamide at supratherapeutic levels that indicate abuse.