Tom is a 52 year old patient who presents for follow-up of his diabetes type II.  He reports he sometimes has a headache when he awakens in the morning and his blood glucose is a “little low”.Upon review of his finger-stick blood glucose records, you note that his morning fasting blood glucose has been

You will most likely make your field impression of a patient based on the

The word Caliph means: 

All of the following statements are correct regarding calcitonin therapy EXCEPT:

You are evaluating choices for pharmacological treatment for osteoporosis in your patient, Betty White, who happened to have a DVT two years ago.  What drug would the prudent APN be least likely to prescribe in a patient with a history of deep vein thrombosis?

The Roman welfare system was called

Which of the following signs/symptoms is not consistent with adrenal hyperactivity (Cushing’s Syndrome)?

Which of the following statements is correct regarding therapy with insulin glargine?

Initiation of insulin therapy can sometimes precipitate weight gain due to

You are the PCP for a newly diagnosed diabetic patient for whom you are considering pharmacological therapy.  You decide not to use metformin (biquanide) because of the patient’s history of