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A new patient presents to your internal medicine to establish care. He happens to be 110 years old. He takes no medications. He has no chronic medical problems. He has never smoked. He exercises daily, and still lives alone. One of his sons, who is 75 years old, recently underwent a screening colonoscopy for colorectal cancer screening. He recommended to his 110-year-old father he might want to do this, plus other cancer screenings. Keeping the United States Preventative Health Task Force (USPSTF) recommendations in mind, you recommend:

You are helping your parents look for a house in Gainesville, as they plan to move up to the area. When looking at an older home which your parents like, you ask the realtor if the house has recently been checked for radon. Puzzled, your parents ask you why should they be worried about radon. You tell them over time that exposure to radon can put people at risk for:

Which of the following is NOT a potential intervention to reduce cognitive bias in medical diagnosis?

The pectinate line is an important anatomic landmark. Which of the following statements about the pectinate line is true?

A night nurse is concerned about the changing circumstances for an inpatient and knows it will be necessary to call and awaken the covering physician. Getting his thoughts and information together, he plans to structure the phone call using a proven structured communication technique, SBAR. He plans to introduce himself, identify the patient, and describe:

A 51-year-old woman presents for follow up at your Internal Medicine Clinic. You have discussed age-appropriate cancer screening with her in the past, but she has always been “too busy” and has never had any age-appropriate cancer screenings completed. However, she recently had a friend diagnosed with breast cancer, and now wants to go forward with cancer screenings. She takes no medications and has never been a cigarette smoker. You would recommend she undergo:

A 30-year-old woman presents with a 5-day history of vaginal discharge. She describes her discharge as curd like and white. She has had some vaginal itching, and mild dysuria at times. You perform a pelvic examination and note her discharge which is not malodorous, as well as some erythema to her vaginal mucosa. A potassium hydroxide preparation shows organisms with branching hyphae. The most appropriate treatment for this condition would be:

During a pelvic examination, an Ob/Gyn resident distinguishes a pulse adjacent to the lateral vaginal fornix. This is the pulse in the:

A sustained muscle contraction with no relaxation is called

Neurotransmitters are released upon stimulation from a nerve impulse by the: