At an "exciting" time in HIV treatment, the Affordable Care Act offers the prospect of immediate treatment for newly diagnosed HIV. In this podcast, the author of a new report on the topic discusses how the Act will affect your patients' care.

Skills Quiz: Melanoma; Figurate erythema; Necrobiosis lipoidica

The incidence of substantiated cases of serious child abuse showed a 55% decrease from 1992 to 2009, according to national data.

The ACG Annual Scientific Meeting provides an overview of recent advances in the diagnosis and treatment of various GI disorders, ranging from ulcerative colitis to fructose intolerance in children. ConsultantLive has captured the highlights of the meeting with reports on key presentations.

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Hyperglycemia uncontrolled by oral antidiabetes agents alone can be complicated by drug-induced weight gain. GLP-1 agonists and DPP-4 inhibitors offer alternatives.

The Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy program for extended-release and long-acting opioids may not mitigate illegitimate prescribing.

Gout is associated with a 57% increased risk of ESRD, independent of hypertension and diabetes, according to new research.

Skills quiz: Psoriasis; Molluscum; Lhermitte-Duclos; Gout

Should you be testing everyone for HIV? Guidelines disagree, for now, and there are many challenges to doing so. Here is some guidance to overcoming barriers to HIV testing in primary care.

Although survivors of HIV infection urgently need care from primary care providers, the best evidence shows that primary care cannot fill that need adequately at present, and may be less able to do so in the future.

Most cases of “pink eye” are caused by infectious, or occasionally allergic, conjunctivitis. Occasionally, however, a rare and more serious condition-such as a corneal ulcer or iritis-may masquerade as conjunctivitis, as in this patient.

Look closely at this image. Does this look like conjunctivitis. . . or something else?

For two HIV-positive patients, treatments with bone marrow transplants for cancer have achieved eradication of the virus from their blood cells. Learn in this podcast what this portends for the future.

Evidence for a treatment effect of vitamin D in modifying the course of MS is less compelling than evidence of a preventive effect.

Dr Farris Timimi, Assistant Professor of Medicine at the Mayo Clinic and Medical Director of the Mayo Clinic Center for Social Media, discusses the potential of social media to change the landscape of clinical practice.

Are retinal hemorrhages in an infant always the result of abuse?

Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) against the risk of HIV infection is now approved by the FDA, supported by three randomized trials. But its use is controversial. What are the implications for primary care?

In this podcast, the chair of the International Antiviral Society USA tells why it now advises immediate antiretroviral treatment for everyone diagnosed with HIV infection.