Not only is there no increased risk of myocardial infarction among older men with testosterone therapy, there may be a protective effect.

Can a medical practice survive without taking Medicare? Many are being forced to try. Here, one family physician lists her reasons for walking away.

Test yourself on symptoms of Löfgren syndrome, comorbdities of Down syndrome; complications of diabetes, and more in this week’s quiz.

The prediction of more shallow sleep in overweight and obese men with high testosterone levels is useful because poor sleep quality has been linked to an increased risk of diabetes and hypertension.

Pamela Wible, MD, is a family physician in solo practice in Oregon. She accepts most insurance plans. But, to protect herself, her practice, and her patients, she is very clear on what type of contract she will not sign.

Here, 12 reasons why physicians could use a little TLC. Tell us how many ring true for you.

Here: 6 quick health tips (some even inspirational!) you can offer your male patients.

Three new opioid analgesics that purport to offer benefits that current products lack come with marketing messages that ring both contradictory and redundant.

The rate of undiagnosed diabetes mellitus is high in men even though the overall risk is not particularly high. Perhaps it’s because men do not like to talk about health issues.

This 20-year veteran of family medicine says she believes patients want professional closeness, not professional distance. She believes closeness can be done appropriately-and that it should be done.

A family physician talks honestly about the stress and the deep feelings of failure that pile up as she tries, day after day, to meet her clinic's demand to pack more sick patients into 15-minute appointments.

Chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy affects approximately 40% of adult cancer survivors. But, new evidence-based guidelines on prevention and management of the condition find very few effective therapies.

There are many reasons why people infected with HIV are more likely to be smokers, and the condition makes it a challenge to quit. But many do want to stop smoking, and a new program shows how to tailor the effort for them.

How can you make the wait to see you as pleasant as possible-so patients will want to come back and see you? Click here to see the results of a survey-and for a list of helpful tips compiled from your colleagues.

HIV-positive patients have about double the usual risk of kidney disease. Here, detailed guidance on how to monitor for and manage it in this population.

Four photos, 5 questions: see how accurately you can answer our quiz questions that include pulmonary embolism and invasive squamous cell carcinoma of the lung.

CDC has finalized its guidelines on use of pre-exposure prophylaxis for HIV, which have been well-received and may ease some concerns. But the new public health strategy still faces hurdles.

The science behind the dangers of testosterone therapy is called into question by researchers who find the outsized reaction to flawed data counterproductive for physicians and patients alike.

Men who engage in intensive workouts early in life may increase their risk for cardiac arrhythmias when they are older, a new study finds.