Slideshows

Highlights include: Eliminating dangerous drug abbreviation habits, easy-to-use online drug interaction checkers, and more. 

How current are you on CAC and its place in CVD risk assessment? This short quiz will reveal your score.

Three-year-old boy has rash x7 days on arms and legs plus low-grade fever x10-14 days. Is the eruption anomaly or simply ordinary?

How much do you know about the impact of opioids on the endocrine and immune systems? Take our 9-question quiz to find out. 

What tips can you give your patients to help them lead a healthier lifestyle? Click through this quick slideshow to find out. 

Vestibular migraine may be a relatively new diagnostic entity, but a new study shows it impacts around 6 million US adults. 

Can DAA therapy remove patients from transplant waiting lists? Are HCV-infected livers--and hearts--safe for uninfected organ recipients? Three new studies explain.

Patient Care scoured the web to find the top news in medicine this month that could affect your practice. Which ones made the cut?

Cardiovascular risk assessment is mostly science but also an art, in part. Get an at-a-glance review here of the risk factors and algorithms that combine both.

True or False: In 2015, Americans spent more on insulin glargine than any other drug. The answer and 9 more questions in our quiz.

A new study found that post-hip fracture, less than 5% of elderly patients were started on osteoporosis medication despite high risk for recurrent fracture.

Results include: The metabolic dangers of neuroleptic Rx in youth; prevalence of T2DM in minorities with severe mental illness; and gaps in care for mentally ill with T2DM.

How can your local pharmacy help improve patient outcomes and reduce cost of care? A PharmD explains these 5 "hidden gem" services. 

How much do you know about the aftermath of a nonfatal opioid overdose? Take our 10-question quiz to find out.

HCV screening rates improved at one large clinic from 24% to over 90% and were sustained at 1 year. How? With this 6-step intervention.

Severe hypoglycemia is more prevalent than previously believed and also significantly underreported. Details from 3 studies at ADA 2018.

From ADA 2018: Two new biomarkers predict CV events independently of conventional risk factors, plus post-hoc analysis of VADT.

What new drugs should you know about from the second quarter of 2018? Scroll through our quick slideshow to find out.