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Consequences of a late COPD diagnosis, a blood test to stratify mortality risk, and 6 other new studies offer insights into improving care for COPD patients.

Vomiting, rash, and mental changes; numbness in the feet and stumbling. What's causing these odd symptoms after successful weight loss surgery?

Take this quick 10-question quiz to find out what you can do to help your patients live tobacco-free. 

Patients know that regular exercise is important but often need guidance on what's best. A pulmonologist advises on how to asses individual needs, utilize guidelines, and create a plan.

Middle/high school students with asthma were found more likely to use 5 different tobacco products vs classmates without asthma.

A personal EKG monitor, an app that wirelessly connects to a smart thermometer, and 3 more FDA-cleared apps for primary care. 

Test your knowledge of the key elements and outcomes of the highly buzzed about REDUCE-IT trial with this 5-question quiz.

World No Tobacco Day is on May 31, 2019. Patient Care helps support the WHO observance with this quick 10-question quiz on the health impact of smoking and the benefits of quitting.

The National Center for Health Statistics recently released a report on prescription drug use in the US. Take this 7-question quiz to see how much you know about the latest findings.

Help patients sift through the barrage of misinformation, half-truths, and unproven evidence to set them straight about CBD. 

Two recent studies presented at the Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections highlight novel approaches to combat rising STI rates.

You see a 45-year-old woman 3 years after small bowel resection related to MVA with trauma to the abdomen. What do her presenting symptoms suggest? 

How much do you know about the increasingly popular direct-to-consumer genetic testing? Find out with this 10-question quiz. 

Find summaries here of 3 recent studies conducted to shed light on difficult issues in the management of autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease.

Diabetes is a progressive disease and takes advantage of inaction. How would you manage our patient Mrs Davis?

Who is at risk for T2DM? How often should you screen? What are the cut offs for Dx? Revisit the basics in 5 minutes or less.

Sample: The hygiene hypothesis states that early exposure to germs reduces the immune system’s ability to resist infections in later years. True or false?

Both patients complain of diarrhea x1 year; neither presents with weight loss, melena, or hematochezia. What test, which treatment would you choose?