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Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is the most common endocrinopathy among reproductive-aged women; the prevalence is 5% to 10%.1 Like women with PCOS, affected adolescents often present with irregular menses, hirsutism, and acne. However, despite widespread agreement that the metabolic derangements of PCOS arise during puberty, the condition is diagnosed more often in adults than in adolescents.

About a third of HIV-positive patients have high blood pressure. Is this a predictable consequence of ordinary aging, or do their history of HIV infection and treatment play a role? Whatever the explanation, many of these patients don't take the problem seriously enough.

New recommendations for healthcare professionals change signals on how to avoid catching HIV from exposure to infected body fluids. There are changes in the recommended treatment and duration of followup.

PCOS treatment is multimodal. The levonorgestrel intrauterine device is a suitable treatment for dysfunctional uterine bleeding associated with the syndrome.

Any antihypertensive agent, but especially ACEIs, may cause hypotension if not discontinued in the perioperative period.

These wounds occurred when this 77-year-old woman fell when chasing her dog. Such wounds-a combination of ecchymoses and erosion caused by blunt and sheering forces on fragile skin-are common in the elderly, even after relatively mild trauma. Simple interventions will promote healing.

This year's ACG Annual Scientific Meeting will be held October 11-16, 2013 in San Diego, California. ACG 2013 will deliver 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.

Early identification of childhood disorders is essential for achieving the best possible outcomes. This week’s photo quiz tests your ability to recognize some of the possible presentations.

Will the placebo effect be wiped out once health care decisions are fully digital?

Curing medical excess will not be easy. Harmful overtesting and overtreating is promoted and protected by the enormous economic and political power of the medical industrial complex. Here's just a beginning list of what needs to be done . . .

The American College of Emergency Physicians 2013 Scientific Assembly features updates on the most pressing issues facing medicine today with a wide offering of courses and workshops on how to manage conditions from cardiac arrhythmias and endocrine and metabolic crises to trauma, dermatologic conditions and sports injuries. The editors at ConsultantLive have captured the highlights of the meeting with reports on key presentations.

BRBNS is a rare GI disorder characterized by distinctive cutaneous and GI venous malformations that can lead to occult or massive GI bleeding.

Incretin drugs, which offer ease of use, very little hypoglycemia, and no weight gain (or even weight loss) seem to be an ideal therapy. But 80% to 90% of patients don’t stay on them. Why not?