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What would medical training look like if students were encouraged to seek mental health support?

I drive 100 miles up the Oregon coast to see my disabled patient Johnny. His blood pressure was excellent, and the view from the backyard? Priceless.

What do current guidelines recommend as first-line treatment for patients like 51-year-old TK? Check out these options.

The child is bright and alert and has no fever. The swelling is on the left side of the face only. Find other clues to a diagnosis in the accompanying video.

Americans like their caffeine and, according to a new survey, we mostly like it hot. This short slide show gives you a closer look at your cup o’ Joe.

A new study shows a statistical association between PDE5 inhibitor use and melanoma and potential biological explanation, tempered by several caveats. Key questions remain unanswered.

One in four people may cancel or delay surgery because the whole idea of general anesthesia is frightening. Offer good counsel to help keep things on track.

A large review ties nut consumption to a lower incidence of cancer, but not diabetes.

Watch this video taken during examination of the child. Listen as he cries. Is there a clue to the diagnosis?

What if you threw a Pap Party-and everybody came? Dr Pamela Wible provides step-by-step instructions on how to do it right.

NSAIDs may impair fertility in women with mild musculoskeletal pain. Damage is reversible once NSAIDs are discontinued, according to a new study.

Prices are increasing. How will this affect patient care?

Since January 2015, the FDA has approved more than a dozen drugs indicated for primary care diseases. Here, a quick slide update on 10 of them.

Here: 10 “sentences”-dissected from articles submitted by physicians to this Web site over the years and presented in unadulterated (and unedited) form-that we hope you’ll enjoy as much as we did.

At age 4 years, this young girl’s hair is falling out for the second time after growing back completely. She is otherwise healthy. Watch the video and make your diagnosis.

Nicotinamide may lower the incidence of new nonmelanoma skin cancers in patients at high risk for skin cancer, providing a new chemopreventive opportunity.

The association remained statistically significant even after adjusting for age, waist circumference, smoking, and other confounders.

One theory posited by the authors of a new study is that asthma patients may have an enhanced propensity for a CD4+ T-cell helper response.