10 Devices that Could Pose Problems for Patients with ICDs
Modern ICDs have built-in protection from interference by most current technologies. But do you know which ones could be problematic for your patients?
Safety of Tiotropium in Children with Persistent Asthma
Results of the first study to evaluate use of the adult COPD drug in children age 5 years and younger lay fertile ground for future trials.
Expanding Leg Ulcer in a Young Woman
Self-treatment has done nothing to slow the progress of this lesion which the patient thought might be an insect bite at first. Your Dx?
Medication Overuse Headache: A Short Test
When the cure becomes worse than the cause, it’s MOH. See what you know about these hard-to-treat headaches.
Lipoprotein(a) and Atrial Fibrillation: What Association?
A recent study finds an unexepcted association between the CVD biomarker lipoprotein(a), atrial fibrillation, and stroke.
Primary Care Compensation: Incomes are Up, Job Satisfaction Not So Much
What does primary care compensation look like these days? Would you choose primary care all over again? Here: key highlights that shed light from a Medscape Physician Compensation Report.
Impact of Parental Migraine on Adolescents
Whether they are chronic or episodic, a landmark study finds the net effect of parental migraine on teens is depression, anxiety, and disappointment.
Osteoporosis Update
Here: a quick overview of updates to the diagnosis and treatment of osteoporosis.
Asthma and Being Female
Early menarche, irregular menstruation, menopause onset, and HRT – especially estrogen-only HRT: all appear to be linked with an increased risk of asthma.
Fat but Fit: Fact or Myth?
No metabolic derangement, insulin sensitivity preserved; fat on the macrometabolic level can look fit. Now, let's look deeper.
Top 5 Fitness Apps for Primary Care Patients
For your patients with 2018 resolutions to get healthy! Get a top-line look at 5 top fitness apps you can recommend to them and/or use yourself.
Top 3 Hep C Studies for Primary Care
Highlights of 3 studies from 2017 that support the role of PCPs in HCV infection treatment, including prescribing direct-acting antiviral agents.
Second Generation Direct-Antivirals for HCV in the Real World
Clinical trials of second generation direct-acting antivirals in HCV show high cure rates. But do those rates reflect real life?
Top 6 Afib Studies in 2017: Part II
A topline review of 3 more of the top 6 studies of 2017 in afib includes the death of digoxin, go and no-go foods, and afib and ESRD.
Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis: How to Recognize and When to Refer
This compact yet detailed slide show offers primary care physicians a guide to essentials of IPF diagnosis and when to refer for pulmonary consult.
Top 6 Afib Studies in 2017: Part I
Cardiologist and Patient Care author Payal Kohli, MD offers snap shots of 6 influential studies that will affect the future of AF diagnosis and treatment.
Better Hospital Outcomes with Younger Treating Physicians?
Can a physician's age affect treatment outcome? It did in this study of hospitalized elderly patients.
7 Things About Acupuncture You May Not Know
Here are 7 facts that support the use of acupuncture to manage pain (chronic and acute) that may surprise you.
CGRP Inhibitors Reduce Migraine Frequency, Disability
The headache community is more than ready for a preventive migraine drug that works. Click through these slides for highlights of recently published trials.
Migraine Headache - Myth vs Facts
There is a good deal of misinformation available about migraine headaches. Which of these 10 statements are myth and which are fact?