Case Presentation: A 64‐year‐old man with coronary artery disease, type 2 diabetes, and stage 3 chronic kidney disease (baseline creatinine, 1.7) was admitted for worsening renal failure noted routinely (creatinine 6.2, BUN 70). His only symptoms were malaise and lethargy. He denied urinary changes, new medications, or exposures. Chronic medications were omeprazole, allopurinol, amlodipine, lisinopril, […]

Background: New Mexico has the highest number of alcohol-related deaths in the country, a title held since 1981. Nationally 1 in 10 deaths in working-aged adults are alcohol-associated whereas in New Mexico the ratio is 1 in 6 deaths. About 130,000 New Mexicans report alcohol dependence or abuse within the past year, but only 3% […]