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An 87-year-old man experienced a scratchy throat and difficulty speaking, which cleared after taking over-the-counter throat lozenges.

While he was doing yard work, a man experienced acute, severe, burning pain.

6 Shots - 6 Tips. Zebras: Clinical Surprises.

Tired of assembly-line medicine? Don’t wait for politician-saviors. Convene with your neighbors.

However, persistent, unexplained hypoglycemia can indicate a potentially grave, often treatable, underlying disorder, such as insulinoma, or adrenal or pituitary insufficiency.

A 63-year-old woman with Crohn disease who had a colostomy accidentally instilled a stoma care product (Stomahesive) into her right eye.

A 25-year-old man with no significant medical history was attempting to move a heavy container when he lost control and became pinned between the container and a concrete pole.

In Seattle, Washington, a group of 12 physicians and nurse practitioners see patients at a clinic that doesn’t accept insurance. Instead, patients pay roughly $65 a month, every month.

Shortly after awakening, a 17-year-old man experienced acute onset of severe pubic area pain.

Adding aliskiren to antihypertension regimens that already include losartan reduced blood protein levels from 19% to 22% in hypertensive type 2 diabetic patients with nephropathy.

A 59-year-old woman had aphasia and right-sided weakness after a routine total knee replacement. CT and MRI scans revealed a large left middle cerebral artery infarct. A CT angiogram showed no significant disease of the cerebrovascular arteries. Test results for the lupus anticoagulant were positive. A venous study of the legs showed no deep venous thrombosis. She was treated with warfarin and aspirin and discharged. After speech and physical therapy, she had mild residual aphasia.

A 61-year-old man with arthritis and an 80-pack-year smoking history presented with fever, dyspnea, and productive cough of a week’s duration that did not respond to outpatient treatment with levofloxacin.

Can the death of a terrorist be something to celebrate? Should it be? What can this tell us about ourselves? What is the "proper" reaction?

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An 88-year-old man presents with a 2-month history of a non-healing ulcer on his right lower limb.

Twenty years ago, the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) introduced the following clinical criteria for the diagnosis of fibromyalgia (FM) . . .

William Carlos Williams is part of an honorable tradition in the history of medicine - the physician/poet.

And if solo practice if going away, does that mean physician-patient connection is getting lost, too?