National Survey Finds Primary Care in Crisis

In most patients with viral respiratory infections, the chance of bacterial coinfection is low and antibiotics can be withheld safely, say authors of a new study.

"Primary Viewpoints," a podcast from Patient Care Online, brings you an exclusive interview with American Academy of Family Physicians Board Chair Sterling Ransone, Jr, MD.

Shorter office visit length increased risk for inappropriate antibiotic prescribing, coprescribing of opioids and benzodiazepines, and potentially harmful prescriptions for seniors.

"Primary Viewpoints," a podcast from Patient Care Online, brings you an exclusive interview with headache specialist Peter McAllister, MD.

Screening rates for e-cigarette use in primary care were almost two-thirds lower than those for combustible tobacco, alcohol, and illicit substances, according to new data.

Research on myocarditis has found the risk for the condition significantly higher from infection with SARS-CoV-2 vs from mRNA vaccination against it. True or False?