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Some diagnostic tools that were supposed to render the bedside examination less relevant have themselves failed the test of necessity; meanwhile, the bedside skills they supposedly would displace have also atrophied.

Patients with celiac disease or other gluten-sensitivity disorders have a documented increase in objective findings of systemic autoimmune disease and autoantibodies.

Activation of the immune system can be associated with many off-target manifestations.

The discovery of osteonecrosis by imaging, whether the patient is symptomatic or not, warrants consideration for the presence of an underlying condition.

There are infectious, vascular, and inflammatory conditions that can mimic cellulitis sufficiently to prompt admission and initial treatment with intravenous antibiotics.

Persistent or repetitive inflammatory or ischemic insults to internal organs may lead to progressive scarring that culminates in organ failure.

In the evaluation of a patient with undefined respiratory symptoms, the physical examination can provide clues to the diagnosis and direct further testing.

Debate continues about whether we should continue to use eponymous diagnostic nomenclature or shift entirely to an anatomic or pathophysiologic descriptive terminology.

It would be nice to have a treatment option for pain that is less limited by side effects, cognitive dysfunction, addiction potential, and red tape.

It is widely accepted that corticosteroids can partially prevent infusion reactions to intravenous diagnostic and therapeutic agents, but evidence to support this concept is scant.