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The goal is to avoid treating men who don’t need surgery or radiation. A new long-term study points to the potential of surveillance as a treatment option.

A good handwritten H & P told you all you needed to know and, just as important, nothing that you didn’t need to know.

He is actively seizing when EMS arrives. Mother says this happens once a year, about the same time. Details, in the video.

Cold symptoms that persisted for several weeks became ominous signs when the headache worsened and walking became difficult.

Clearly, too much medicine can be very bad for your health. And it is also a disaster for the health of our economy.

Pt video: Woke with symptoms. PMH: hypertension, arrhythmias. PPD smoker, drinks ETOH. More history, here.

Here's a salute to 7 particularly notable doings and happenings in medicine during the past month.

It's no wonder contact lenses are associated with infections. Just about everyone who wears them engages in "risky behavior' involving improper care and handling.

Who, exactly, is protecting doctors from being misdiagnosed, mistreated, and abused?

The patient felt like her "head would explode" from the pain on the left side of her face. Watch the ED video and formulate your own diagnosis.

Doctors who don't know their patients make easily avoidable technical mistakes that can have tragic consequences. The best way "to do no harm" is to know and understand your patient.

Is med school now a place where students meet doctors they'd never want to become? Is anyone modeling the happy doc in solo practice?

Must reads about the latest news and trends in healthcare careers. . .

The mother reports the child spilled hot liquid while removing a cup from the microwave. Does the injury match the claim?

More men are turning not to illegal anabolic steroids but to legal appearance- and performance-enhancing drugs, ones that pose a health threat all their own.

How do you know if you're being abused? See if any of the video testimony here rings true.

The patient reports the chest pain began 6 days ago during a vacation abroad. She denies any injury. What does the chest x-ray reveal?