CT screening for lung cancer proves as cost effective as screening for other common cancers. Listen as the head of the study speaks about the new implications for primary care.

The OraQuick mouth-swab test for HIV may soon be available to the general public over the counter. An infectious diseases expert says this is needed because primary care isn't testing enough people for HIV.

Chronic pain management in the elderly is complex. Safe and effective use of analgesic medications in geriatric patients requires risk-benefit analysis.

A 53-year-old man presented for medical attention after he had used his wife’s eye drops for 3 days for his itchy eyes. The eye drops contained a mixture of neomycin, polymyxin-B, and hydrocortisone. What do you suspect is going on? More details here...

HIV transmission statistics, combined with advice that the FDA approve a drug combo to prevent HIV among healthy at-risk individuals, may have troubling implications.

Adenovirus infection is usually benign in healthy children, but it can be complicated by severe or fatal pneumonia, myocarditis, and hepatitis. Consider adenovirus infection in children with fulminant hepatic failure.

HIV and AIDS are becoming more common among people over 50, for many reasons. Providing adequate treatment can be a challenge. New guidelines are here to help.

A 58-year-old man presented for care when he noticed a flat, dark area on his left upper arm. The lesion was set against a background of fairly severe photodamage. Family history was positive for melanoma (mother and 1 of 4 sisters). Click here for more details.

Whether Mom or infant takes the drugs, antiretrovirals during the first 6 months protect breast-fed infants against contracting HIV. In this interview, the lead author of the CDC-led study discusses the implications.

Many people with arthritis also have depression; this has been known for many years. Now it has been established that anxiety is even more common than depression among arthritis patients. Dr. Elizabeth Lin discusses why and how the mental health problem  as well as the physical symptoms need to be addressed and resolved.

Among the information of interest to primary care: Asymptomatic smokers may show signs of COPD, and what to do about it. How to treat obstructive sleep apnea as effectively as a sleep center. And things you may not know about inhalers.

A 16-year-old boy was complaining of pain in the maxillary left incisor/cuspid region. He had been experiencing discomfort for 1 year. He was otherwise healthy and a review of his other systems was unremarkable.

Obesity hypoventilation syndrome (OHS) shares clinical symptoms with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) such as daytime sleepiness, headaches, and memory problems. Both the symptoms and their sequelae, however, can be much more severe in OHS. Here, guidance on what to look for and how to manage OHS.

There's no need to abandon abacavir as an option for AIDS treatment fearing adverse effects. This podcast features a new guideline that shows how to use easily ordered genetic tests to judge who can take the drug safely.

New guidelines on the use of antiretroviral therapy, together with recently published studies, highlight the benefits of early, short-term treatment on outcomes, clinical signs of the disease, morbidity and mortality, and secondary transmission.

Staff Salary Survey 2012 Here, you'll find detailed data on how much practices around the country are paying their various staffers.

A recent approval of an antiretroviral for children with HIV highlights the difficulties in treatment for pediatric HIV, which is not entirely eliminated in the US and tragically abundant elsewhere. It's also important for HIV among adolescents, which remains a concern in the US.