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.
Purple Urine
What might be the cause of purple urine in the Foley bag attached to an indwelling catheter in an elderly bedridden woman?
Impact of Anticholinergic Drugs on Dementia
In this Medical News Minute, Dr Bobby Lazzara highlights what may be definitive research linking use of anticholinergic drugs to cognitive decline in older adults.
Popular Android BP Apps Useless, Harmful
Editors at Medpage Today have been scouting for health apps that make dubious--even dangerous--claims. Here's an update on BP apps.
3 Things I Would Tell Every Psychiatrist Today
Family doc/psychiatrist Erik Vanderlip points to 3 big elephants in the room at the 2016 American Psychiatric Association meeting.
Klebsiella Urinary Tract Infection
TB, HIV, and IRIS
When -- and how -- to treat patients co-infected with TB and HIV? Insights here.
Progress with PrEP
PrEP is likely to be cost-effective, regardless of which regimen, or which route, is used. Here: the latest from CROI.
If Your Patient Asks: Medicine in the News
8 medical stories from the popular press that your patients are reading...you should, too.
Excessive Sleepiness Lingers in TBI Patients
Many patients who've suffered TBIs have persistent sleep problems, but won't necessarily go to a doctor about them.