Teen With Dyspnea After Chest Wall Trauma
X-rays offer no clue to the cause of dyspnea in this teen who cannot take a deep breath after crashed on his bicycle. Watch the short video, read the clues, and make your diagnosis.
Abdominal Lipodermatosclerosis and Elephantiasis Nostras Verrucosa
With the recent obesity epidemic, cases of abdominal lipodermatosclerosis are increasingly observed.
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Knee Surgery? Think Twice
“Quick, operate before the patient gets better” is one of those jokes surgeons tell among themselves, barely covering a hard truth: that a lot of elective surgery might be unnecessary or even harmful.
Slow Medicine: MOC in the Middle
The ABIM has certainly lapsed from its self-defined mission of “accountability to both the profession of medicine and to the public.” It will take significant work to gain back the trust of its diplomats.
ACP: Who to Screen for Cervical Cancer and When
The American College of Physicians Best Practices lay out criteria for when to begin screening, screening intervals, and when to stop.
ACP 2015: "Still, Do No Harm"
I’ll admit I was a little nervous to attend the annual American College of Physicians (ACP) meeting this year, what with the MOC snafu and the fall out.
Why I Encourage Patients to Fire Me
Pamela Wible, MD, will stop taking commercial insurance on 6/1/2015. She gave her patients the option to leave or stay.
Bilateral Recurring Ear Pain and Discoloration in a 32-Year-Old Man
This episode of pain and ecchymotic pigmentation is far more intense than those he's had in the past. Does the patient's history offer clues to etiology?
Levamisole-Induced Necrotizing Vasculitis
How would this 34-year-old man become exposed to levamisole?
Death Is Not a Treatment Failure
In your effort to achieve a perfectly healthy body, you wind up hurting your health.
Doctor’s Death Is an “Inconvenience” for Patients
A physician is found dead, an apparent suicide. Other building tenants get the media’s attention-but not because they knew Dr Azkue.
8 ICD-10 Areas for Pediatricians to Watch
Research shows that pediatricians are at higher risk than other physician groups for financial loss as they transition to ICD-10. Here, 8 areas you can focus on now.
Record Spending and Other Top Medical News
Get highlights in 6 slides of headlines that made news this week: billions spent on medicine; patient myths about opioids; heart and lung health; transparency in research.
6 Top Primary Care Items From Around the Web
A look around the web at breaking news -- not all of it medical.
Basal Cell Carcinoma
Would Mohs surgery be indicated for this 68-year-old man?
Pay Attention to How Doctors Talk
Slang is a window into the healthcare culture, this physician-author says.
Falls End Lives; Good Balance Saves Them
Sage advice for your patients: people who don’t change their behavior to prevent falls are almost sure to have them.
Heart-Wrenching Photo of Doctor Crying Goes Viral
ED physicians DO cry-and this one was caught in the act. Far from being universally villified for “losing it,” his all-too-human emotion has struck a much deeper chord.