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Clinical Pearls - how my patients taught me: The fainting lark symptom

BACKGROUND Compulsive movements, complex tics and stereotypies are frequent, especially among patients with autism or psychomotor retardation. These movements can be difficult to characterize and can mimic other conditions like epileptic seizures or paroxysmal dystonia, particularly when abnormal breathing and cerebral hypoxia are induced. CASE PRESENTATION We describe an 18-year-old patient ...

What the military taught me about practice management.

Jennifer E. Frank, MD, FAAFP I joined the U.S. Army as a medical student and was first assigned to active duty as a family medicine intern. After seven years, I transitioned to civilian practice, where today I often find myself longing for the organizational structure of a military I was once so anxious to leave. Many of the concepts that define the military serve as a solid foundation for a we...

Health Care Consumerism: Lessons My 401(k) Plan Taught Me.

Changes to the U.S. health care system are here. As we think about how individuals will pay for health care--while actively employed and while retired--our experiences with 401(k) plans provide some valuable lessons. In order to support employees in this new health care world--a challenge arguably more daunting than the 401(k) challenge we faced 20 years ago--some very different types of suppor...