What exactly are the new guidelines for vaccinating boys against HPV infection-and why is this development good news for both men and women?

In many patients, episodic migraines increase in frequency and transform into a refractory pattern.

What are the factors that underlie the transformation of episodic migraine to refractory migraine? Dr Susan Hutchinson explains.

How does the chronic care model of diabetes care differ from the acute care model-and how might this approach work for you and your patients?

Dr Robert Gabbay discusses strategies to improve patient compliance with insulin therapy.

Measles is making a comeback . . . yet again . . . in the United States.

Presidential candidate Michelle Bachmann recently made the unsubstantiated comment on national TV that the HPV vaccine has “very serious consequences” and that it can cause mental retardation.

A bad ("sick" or killer) headache is usually a migraine if underlying organic causes of pain are ruled out.

How can you determine whether your patient with newly diagnosed diabetes has type I or type II disease?

In Part 2 of this podcast series, Dr Smith continues his discussion of the practice of nonsuicidal self-injury in adolescents.

In this podcast, Dr Smith discusses the practice of nonsuicidal self-injury in adolescents-cutting, burning, self-hitting or banging, scratching, interfering with wound healing-may be increasing.

In the next few minutes, nationally recognized expert, Dr Robert Schoen, will discuss the latest findings on Lyme disease.

In this podcast, Dr Katz will discuss one of his recent studies that looked at risk factors for revision surgery after total hip replacement.

In the next 5 minutes, Wilmer L. Sibbitt Jr, MD-one of the world's leading authorities on the subject-offers succinct answers to questions.

That’s the question we put to Dr. Kenneth Saag. In the next few minutes, Dr. Saag, will summarize the latest developments in osteoporosis therapy.

That's the question we put to Dr. Leigh Callahan, and in the next 10 minutes, she will address this important issue. Dr. Callahan has over 20 years of experience in arthritis and health outcomes research, and she was an arthritis epidemiologist at the CDC.

After listening to the previous 3 podcasts, you may be wondering how to begin a therapeutically valuable conversation with your patient, which will provide the critical details that you need in the short time that you have. In his final podcast, Dr Lieberman offers a list of questions that you can use to break the ice and kick start a dialog with a patient whom you suspect has a mental health disorder.

In this podcast, Dr Lieberman discusses the associated features of three specific mental disorders: anxiety, major depressive disorder, and bipolar disorder. He offers practical techniques that can be used in diagnosing each of these disorders and provides suggestions for treatment.

At one time or another, every primary care physician will likely see a patient who is a hypochondriac, a chronic complainer, or a substance abuser. Rather than seeing these patients as difficult and avoiding them as much as possible, the physician can reframe the problem as an opportunity for growth and development. Dr Lieberman suggests that keeping the sessions brief but allowing more frequent visits and addressing medical and psychosocial concerns will make your relationship with your patient more positive. Managing hypochondriacal patients, chronic complainers, and substance abusers will be much easier after listening to Dr Lieberman’s suggestions.

Primary care physicians are often the first to see patients with mental health problems and they provide 70% of metal health care to patients. They also write a majority of the prescriptions for antidepressant and antianxiety medications in the United States. This is understandable in light of the fact that physical and mental ailments are often comorbid. But, there may be more to treating a patient who presents with depression than prescribing a pill.