New Hypertension Guidelines: 7 Highs and Lows
The ACP and AAFP provide evidence-based recommendations on the benefits and harms of higher vs lower systolic blood pressure targets.
Rheumatic Fever Quiz: 8 Keys to Diagnosis
Take this quick 8-question quiz to test your knowledge of a troubling inflammatory disorder.
8 New Rheumatoid Arthritis Findings
RA symptoms invisible but harmful, mortality increases with RA, plus 6 more highlights from recent RA studies of interest to primary care.
Good Eats and Bad: 6 GI Issues in the News
Controversy around dietary sugar guidelines and a study of red meat and diverticulitis top the latest research on food and GI disorders.
Top Ten: Laughter is the Best Medicine
'Tis the season to be jolly--and laughter is always good medicine. Click through our picks for the best medical humor from 2016.
New Primary Care Drugs Quiz, 2016
Test your knowledge of drugs used in primary care that received FDA approval this year.
The Next 5 Leading Causes of Death
We round out our review of the CDC's 10 leading causes of death in the US with this slide show, highlighting numbers 6-10.
8 Quick Questions About Lymphedema
Lymphedema is a difficult diagnosis. Test your knowledge of etiology, signs/symptoms, diagnostic clues, and complications.
Top 20 Primary Care Drugs Approved in 2016
Primary care drugs were approved in nearly every month of 2016. This top-line slide show highlights 20 you should know about.
The Top 5 Causes of Death
CDC: Some preventable causes of death have declined, but these accounted for almost two-thirds of deaths from all causes.
Take the Tourette Test
Find out what you know about a common neuropsychiatric disorder by taking this quick 8-question quiz.
Gout Guidelines Quiz: 8 Quick Questions
Test your knowledge of new American College of Physicians recommendations for improving diagnosis and management.
Gout Guidelines Give Good Grades
New evidence-based clinical practice guidelines offer some strong-and not so strong-recommendations for effective gout diagnosis and treatment.
Adult Vaccination Recap: 7 Essential Points
Scroll through this compact slide show for review of gaps in US adult vaccination practice and how primary care can help fill them.
Measles Quiz: Can You Spot the Symptoms?
Take this quick quiz to test your knowledge of a deadly disease.
COPD Exacerbations Inflate Lung Function Loss
But are acute respiratory events associated with a decline in lung function in smokers without airway obstruction?
A Bare-bones Osteoporosis Quiz
Test your knowledge of the latest management recommendations for a growing public health problem.
Politics Govern Treatment and More Medical News
Do doctors’ politics affect treatment decisions on, for example, drug use, firearms, and sexual behavior? Do yours?
8 Quick Questions About Behçet Disease
This pop quiz will test your knowledge of a difficult diagnosis where the signs and symptoms may seem unrelated.
TB or Not TB, That is the Question
Take this quick quiz to see what you know about new tuberculosis screening guidelines and the latest research findings.
Face Facts: An 8-Question Derm Quiz
Take this brief quiz to test your knowledge of skin diseases that may occur on and around the face.
Ins and Outs of COPD Bronchodilation
Responsiveness is consistent over the short term in individual patients but highly variable between patients.
8 New Insights into Tuberculosis
USPSTF recommendations for TB screening in primary care and a challenge to the 2-state TB paradigm are some of the latest.
An 8-Question Melanonychia Quiz
A teen’s pigmented fingernail was not a cause for alarm but did present a teaching opportunity. Take this brief quiz to test your knowledge.
Obesity Quiz: 8 Ponderous Questions
Take this quick quiz to see what you know about the latest research findings.
Back to School Quiz: 8 Health Questions
Take this test and use what you learned as a checklist for advising parents on their children’s safety and well-being.
Diabetes Disparities and Differences
Wild variations in treatment success and how T2D differs in youth and adults top the diabetes news. Click inside for highlights.
8 Fairly Weighty Obesity Issues
As the prevalence increases, obesity continues to grow as a major health problem. Here are brief summaries of the latest research findings.
Mortality Quiz: 8 Life and Death Questions
Several recent findings have enhanced our understanding of medicine and mortality. Take this quick quiz to see what you know.
Back to School Report Card: 10 New Health Lessons
Counsel patients and parents on how best to prepare--click through these slides for the latest on school-related health issues.