The top men's health concerns include heart disease, cancer, accidents, and chronic lower respiratory diseases. This compact slide show provides visual presentations of other clinical problems that pose a threat to men and that might be seen in primary care practice.
Older patients may have 6 or more diagnosable disorders, which can complicate diagnosis and treatment. This compact slide show provides visual presentations of various problems.
Pain is among the most common reasons patients seek medical attention, and patient care is a significant problem. This compact slide show provides visual presentations of a range of disorders.
ASH is the largest organization of hypertension researchers and health care providers in the United States committed to preventing and treating hypertension and its consequences. The editors of ConsultantLive bring you updates from the 2013 ASH conference in San Francisco, CA. Read More
Prominent, pigmented polyangular scales on the extensor surfaces of the arms, legs, and trunk suggested recessive X-linked ichthyosis. More in this article.Read More
More than 1300 physicians of all specialties responded to the 2012 survey. Many of the respondents are primary care physicians. See how your colleagues responded and learn what concerns them most.Read more
Prominent, pigmented polyangular scales on the extensor surfaces of the arms, legs, and trunk suggested recessive X-linked ichthyosis. DNA analysis demonstrated an abnormal steroid sulfatase gene, which confirmed the diagnosis.
The patient, an active 49-year-old man, had an HbA1c of 8.6 after diabetes was first diagnosed. It’s now 7.6 with metformin and lifestyle measures. Is the current A1c goal adequate, or should you treat more aggressively? Here: insights from an expert.
The 67-year-old patient also complained of headache, facial pain, nasal congestion, left eye pain, and blurry vision of 2 weeks’ duration. Solve this complex case, here.
Eccentric darker pigmentation in this small asymptomatic lesion strongly suggests malignant melanoma. This patient had a history of non-melanoma skin cancer, but was unaware of the questionable growth.
In the first study to observe the association, Hsu et al found that CD4+ count and viral load were complementary and independently associated with increased incidence of AF in persons with HIV.
Histopathology showed this neoplasm to be a seborrheic keratosis: it might well have been a hypertrophic actinic keratosis, melanoma, or superficial basal or squamous cell carcinoma.
Despite the considerable toll clinical practice is taking on primary care physicians, most don't seem to be hanging up their stethoscopes . . . at least not yet.
A 9 kg 15-month-old girl with new-onset generalized tonic-clonic seizure was discharged with instructions to take carbamazepine suspension (45 mg PO BID [10 mg/kg/d]), which she'd been receiving in the hospital. In the clinic, her carbamazepine blood level was subtherapeutic. The dose was increased to 68 mg PO BID. A week later, the carbamazepine level was still subtherapeutic, but no doses had been missed. What’s the problem here?
The ConsultantLive.com podcast archive includes the series Cardiology Now—discussions between Dr Payal Kohli of the University of California San Francisco and experts in cardiovascular medicine including Drs Christopher Cannon, Deepak Bhatt of the TIMI study group at Harvard and Dr Roger Blumenthal, Director of the Ciccarone Center for the Prevention of Heart Disease at Johns Hopkins. See More Multimedia »
Videos
Featured in this section are short videos of practical dermatology webinars given by Dr Ted Rosen, Professor of Dermatology at Baylor College of Medicine and Chief of the Dermatology Service at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center, both in Houston, Texas. Each segment offers concise, practical clinical guidance on a specific dermatologic condition seen frequently in primary care. See More Multimedia »
Diagnostic Champions’ Challenge on Consultant Live Test your diagnostic skills and knowledge by quickly identifying and assessing various mental health disorders. The Psychiatric Times Diagnostic Champions' Challenge is meant to educate and entertain. Test your clinical acumen in this activity that is sure to make you think.…
ASH 2013 American Society of Hypertension Highlights of key presentations at the ASH Annual Scientific Meeting in San Francisco are available here.
AIBD 2012 Advances in Inflammatory Bowel Diseases The editors of ConsultantLive bring you updates from the 2010 Advances in Inflammatory Bowel Diseases conference in Hollywood, Florida.
ACG 2012 American College of Gastroenterology Highlights of key presentations at the ACG Annual Scientific Meeting in Las Vegas, Nevada are available here.
ACG 2011 American College of Gastroenterology Highlights of key presentations at the ACG Annual Scientific Meeting in Washington, DC are available here.
MGMA 2011 Medical Group Management Association Updates, policy news, and advice on practice management from the MGMA Annual Conference.
ACC 2011 American College of Cardiology News, resources, and updates from the ACC's 60th Annual Scientific Session in New Orleans are available here.
ACG 2010 American College of Gastroenterology Highlights of key presentations at the ACG 75th Annual Scientific Meeting in San Antonio are available here.
AIBD 2010 Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation of America The editors of ConsultantLive bring you updates from the 2010 Advances in Inflammatory Bowel Diseases conference in Hollywood, Florida.
To suggest today that condoms are “obsolete” sounds heretical and like a topic ripe for heated debate. Here, HIV/AIDS blogger Dr. Rodger MacArthur lays out the science for your review.
I’ve been in practice for 20 years and have never lost a patient to suicide. But I have lost colleagues, friends, and lovers – ALL male physicians—to suicide. I have a long list of answers to the question, “Why?” Maybe the most fundamental answer is that doctors are human..
My first patient had so many things wrong; he left before I could examine his heart and lungs, ask about chest pain, or reconcile his medication list. After his visit, veteran clinic staff noted they hadn’t seen Jim for years and were surprised he had come in at all. I felt the totality of my medical education had been squandered. They kindly reminded me it had just begun.
Primary Care Can't Thrive Without Nurse Practitioners Courtney H. Lyder, ND, May 17, 2013 With a projected shortfall of primary-care physicians, it's time for alternate solutions to patient care. Nurse practitioners are one logical remedy.
This man's right chest shows partial absence of the pectoralis major muscle—part of Poland syndrome, which consists of which anomalies? 
The top men's health concerns include heart disease, cancer, accidents, and chronic lower respiratory diseases. This compact slide show provides visual presentations of other clinical problems that pose a threat to men and that might be seen in primary care practice.
Older patients may have 6 or more diagnosable disorders, which can complicate diagnosis and treatment. This compact slide show provides visual presentations of various problems.
Pain is among the most common reasons patients seek medical attention, and patient care is a significant problem. This compact slide show provides visual presentations of a range of disorders.
PCPs for sleep apnea?; mental illness and obesity; norovirus on the rise; global sodium overdose.
Antidepressants and preterm birth; annual BP check?; early stroke; niacin and heart disease; diabetes drug trouble. 
Test your clinical skills in this week’s 5-question quiz. 
Test your clinical skills in this week’s 5-question quiz. 
Test your clinical skills in this week’s 5-question quiz. 
Prominent, pigmented polyangular scales on the extensor surfaces of the arms, legs, and trunk suggested recessive X-linked ichthyosis. DNA analysis demonstrated an abnormal steroid sulfatase gene, which confirmed the diagnosis.
This is a classic keloidal mass, which occur in any ethic group. Because keloids can be intensely painful, they almost always require removal.
Histopathology showed this neoplasm to be a seborrheic keratosis: it might well have been a hypertrophic actinic keratosis, melanoma, or superficial basal or squamous cell carcinoma.
To suggest today that condoms are “obsolete” sounds heretical and like a topic ripe for heated debate. Here, HIV/AIDS blogger Dr. Rodger MacArthur lays out the science for your review.
I’ve been in practice for 20 years and have never lost a patient to suicide. But I have lost colleagues, friends, and lovers – ALL male physicians—to suicide. I have a long list of answers to the question, “Why?” Maybe the most fundamental answer is that doctors are human..
