Cheryl Cox Kinney, MD, explains when night sweats warrant further evaluation, including red flags, persistent symptoms, and potential nonmenopausal causes.
|Slideshows|September 20, 2017
Medicine in the Headlines: When Your Patients Ask
Author(s)Susan Kweskin
HRT, tattoos, insurers exacerbating the opioid epidemic, prolonged sitting, plus a new COPD drug: here's a recap of 5 of the week's key news reports.
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Here's a brief look at 5 medical reports your patients may have heard about this week, and references to the original sources if you want more detail.
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