Mortality and Causes of Death 2015 & 2030: A Comparison
More than half the adult deaths worldwide in 2015 were caused by 10 diseases; can you name them? More life & death details, here.
A Case of A Baby with Bumpy Feet
Bilateral tiny lumps in a 4-month-old boy's heels are making his mother anxious. Get a close look at the lesions and enter your Dx.
Mortality and Medicine: 6 New Findings
A short slide show highlights results of 6 new clinical studies that look at death, risk of death, and cheating death.
Geriatrics Quiz: New Answers to Old Questions
Take a minute to test your knowledge of the latest findings on key health issues in older persons.
A Weak Infant with Large Muscles: What's Your Diagnosis?
Asthenia and developmental delay seem at odds with well-defined musculature in this 9-month-old. What Dx do you suspect?
CDC: 1 in 4 Adults Still Use Tobacco Products
States are on track to spend only 1.8% of the CDC-recommended 15% of tobacco-related revenues on tobacco control programs.
Temporal (Giant Cell) Arteritis: 3 Questions You were Afraid to Ask
The large vessel vasculitis is more common among older adults and extremely dangerous if missed. Get answers to 3 questions you should ask.
8 Questions About Prostate Cancer
Take this quiz to test your knowledge of new findings for an age-old problem in men.
Obamacare Special Report and More Medical News
Scroll through the slides for an Affordable Care Act “study” and other Web articles of interest to primary care.
Lowering the Bar: Love Potion Number 9 Million?
Better living through science: reprinted from partner MedPage Today, this review looks at the "diseasification" of "low T" and "hypoactive sexual desire."
The New Old: 10 Updates on Geriatric Health
Recent research on the health of older persons uncovers news both good and sobering. See highlights of 10 studies in our slides.
A Mouth Full of Gum
What is in your differential diagnosis for this lesion observed in the mouth of a 52-year-old man?
More New Cancer Facts in the News: If Your Patient Asks, Part II
More meeting highlights from ASCO in cancer prevention, diagnosis, and treatment--in case your patient asks.
Foot Fault: Can You Find the Injury?
A 32-year-old man arrives at the ED unable to walk after jumping from a wall. This foot injury is often missed on x-ray. Do you see it?
10 New Facts about Prostate Cancer
Slide Show: Get top-line results of 10 new studies on the most common non-skin cancer among US men.
Anterior Talus Fracture
Missed fractures of the foot are not uncommon. Examine the lateral x-ray view of this injury carefully to understand why.
8 Cancer Quiz Questions
Take this quick quiz to test your knowledge of this deadly disease.
If Your Patient Asks About Cancer: 9 New Facts
Find ASCO meeting highlights here, with an emphasis on primary care’s role in cancer management.
FDA Mulling Pricey Implant as Opioid Addiction Tx
Discreet delivery of controlled-release buprenorphine could be a game changer in treating addiction--but only if its affordable.
Pleased With Primary Care, Not With Costs
See what surveyed patients had to say about their physicians, the ACA, and the rising price of health care.