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A 38 year old male presents for an annual exam when he asks you to look at his toenails on his right foot.  You note nail thickening and subungual debris.  You suspect? 

A patient presents with ear pain.  She is an avid swimmer.  The history includes pain and drainage from the left ear. On examination, she has pain when the ear is manipulated, including manipulation of the tragus.  The canal is narrowed and erythematous, with some white debris in the canal.  The rest of the examination is normal.  What Differential Diagnosis would be at the top of your list given these findings?

Your patient complains of fullness and popping in his ear. He denies pain. On exam, you note a fluid level with amber fluid noted below the line. This finding is characteristic of what diagnosis? 

Your 27-year-old patient has had headaches, muscle aches, loss of pleasure, difficulty sleeping, and fatigue for the last 2 months.  You completed a thorough history, physical examination, and laboratory workup but did not find a cause.  What should your next action be?

The Three Dimensions of Cultural Humility for clinicians to engage in at their clinical practice to help reduce disparities in health care include respectful communication, collaborative partnerships, and ______ .

In chili pepper plants, hot flavor is dominant (H), while mild flavor is recessive (m). A male plant that is heterozygous for hot flavor is bred with a female plant that is mild. If the male parent is written at the top of a Punnett Square, what would the allele possibility be?  Write the allele combination for that square only.  Male Alleles  Male Alleles Female    ?         Female      

Neanderthals lived during the ice ages in Europe and had wide chests and shorter limbs compared to H. sapiens.  The adaption of short limbs in response to a colder climate conforms to _________ rule.

Per your textbook, this movement was founded as a social science study to improve “fitness” and “superiority” among the population. Proponents also many times advocated sterilizing the unfit members of society.   One word.

This is the current world population:

In order for the incest taboo (aversion) to form, children must live together before what age (write in as a number, do not spell)?