Leo Robert

Consequences of a late COPD diagnosis, a blood test to stratify mortality risk, and 6 other new studies offer insights into improving care for COPD patients.

Take this quick 10-question quiz to find out what you can do to help your patients live tobacco-free. 

World No Tobacco Day is on May 31, 2019. Patient Care helps support the WHO observance with this quick 10-question quiz on the health impact of smoking and the benefits of quitting.

Help patients sift through the barrage of misinformation, half-truths, and unproven evidence to set them straight about CBD. 

Sample: The hygiene hypothesis states that early exposure to germs reduces the immune system’s ability to resist infections in later years. True or false?

New breast cancer screening guideline, new FDA-approved drug for osteoporosis treatment, and 5 other recent findings summarized here.

Opioids and infectious diseases, PrEP and STI risk, new oral Rx for C diff, and a shortage of ID specialists. We summarize studies, commentaries,  and reports on these topics and more.

How do we combat waning human immunity? Our slide show summarizes 5 new reports that suggest it’s essential to figure that out.

Sample: In 2017, >70 200 drug overdose deaths occurred in the US. Approximately what percentage of those deaths involved an opioid?

Brief summaries highlight the latest developments and research findings regarding this serious and growing health problem.

Answers to these 5 questions on new research may have you re-thinking treatment strategies for your COPD patients.

Fad diets can be traced all the way back to 35 000 BC. Find out how much you know about which ones worked or didn't work with our 10-question quiz.

Browse through the references from our slideshow, To Eat or Not to Eat: A Brief History of Dieting. 

Take a quick look at this eclectic menu of past and present attempts at losing weight and gaining well-being.

Topics include: Role of antibiotics for acute exacerbations; updates on long-term oxygen therapy; COPD-PCI connection, plus more.

As the new year begins, several developments in heart health research are making the news.

Take this brief test to find out what you know about conventional studies that had unconventional findings.

These brief summaries highlight key developments in COPD and how they are likely to affect patient management in the months and years ahead.

Find out what you know about the 2018 revisions to the GOLD guidelines and the recommended changes for patient care. 

Air filters for cardioprotection, the growing menace of superbugs, and 8 other new findings in medicine that may shock you. 

Test your knowledge of the peculiar applications of some common treatments with this 10-question quiz. 

Some uncommon and perhaps surprising applications of common treatments are in the works.

Take this brief quiz to test your knowledge of the medical overuse problem and a potential solution.

Sample: Which beverage accounted for the largest percentage of total beverage consumption among US youth? Milk? Water? The answer might surprise you.

Take this brief quiz to test your knowledge of the latest scientific developments in diet and health.

This concise slideshow serves up a bounty of recent research findings to help your patients make healthful dietary choices.

This guide shows the way to reducing unnecessary and potentially harmful tests and treatments.

Guttate and other psoriasis may be confused with other rashes and skin lesions. Scratch the surface of your knowledge with this crash quiz.

For PCPs, now poised to play a bigger role in screening and care for patients with HCV, we highlight 10 forces reshaping the HCV landscape.

Growing evidence supports the health benefits of moderate alcohol consumption, but some studies suggest otherwise. Look here for the pros and cons of drinking beer.