Medicaid Is Tight on Hepatitis C Drug Coverage
State Medicaid programs and private insurance companies have balked at providing these drugs to their insured customers. But the tide is turning.
Hepatitis C Report: What Tests to Order
Testing is recommended for the persons who are more likely to have the virus but not know it.
Replacing the ACA: A Battle was Won, But the War Isn't Over
American College of Physicians leaders call for steady opposition to the administration's proposed replacement of the Affordable Care Act.
8 Baby Steps to Rating Infant Crying
What's normal and what's not when infants cry? Key findings of a new study are summarized in these slides.
Hepatitis C Screening for High Risk Patients
Patients can be identified at earlier stages of disease, before serious liver damage, and have improved clinical outcomes.
Hepatitis C Report: Tuning in to a Silent Epidemic
Knowing the origin and causes could help clinicians better determine who to screen and treat.
SPECIAL REPORT: Hepatitis C and Primary Care
Primary care physicians can play an expanding role in achieving the benefits of testing, care, and treatment to help stem the epidemic.
April Allergy Quiz
Our short quiz tests your basic allergy IQ as well as what you might not know about emerging therapy.
Post-Test on Gout in Primary Care
Use this short test to gauge how much you’ve learned about a condition that needs more primary care involvement.
All About Gout for Primary Care: Treating Chronic Disease
Preventing further acute attacks and decreasing the tophi burden becomes a secondary goal.
Gout Rounds: 5 New Developments
Primary care can do more to help reduce gout morbidity, says a new review-plus 4 more studies on gout treatment and prevention.
Hypertension Control in Pregnancy
Grateful Doctor Says Goodbye to His Patients
A young cardiology fellow reveals in a letter to his patients that it was being privy to their vulnerability that allowed him access to his own.
All About Gout for Primary Care: Treating Acute Gout
The faster the attack is recognized and treated with medications, the easier it is to control.
All About Gout for Primary Care: The Diagnosis
Clinical presentation, history, and laboratory evaluation can make a diagnosis of gout, but crystal examination is the “gold standard.”
All About Gout for Primary Care
How to regulate “the king of diseases and the disease of kings” is this Patient Care Special Report's domain.
"Knarley" Knuckles in a 12-year-old Boy
This 12-year-old boy has had asymptomatic swellings over multiple knuckles all his life. How would you explain the condition to him?
Severe Ocular Symptoms Caused by Succulent Sap
What is the plant most likely responsible for these symptoms and how would you treat?
HIV and Quality of Life
Turns out, older age may have its advantages when it comes to coping with HIV infection.
Study: Pillbox Gadgets Do Nothing to Improve Rx Adherence
The devices may be simple and intuitive, but it may take more than a gadget to build optimal medication adherence.