A variety of common and serious dermatologic complaints are encountered in primary care practice. This compact slide show provides visual presentations of skin problems that may be seen on the face.

This is a classic keratoderma, which can be due to a variety of congenital defects in keratinization or acquired in association with disease states. Retinoids, systemic and topical, are the treatments of choice.

Researchers found that the naturally occurring hormone triggered regeneration of beta cells and restoration of insulin secretion, significant enough to resolve previously established diabetes.

A key finding: a primary physician’s healthy lifestyle behaviors may be linked to his or her recommendations for hypertension prevention.

Three factors may help physicians identify older men who are unlikely to benefit from aggressive therapy, and other prostate cancer news.

Colleagues: It's primary care's time to step up. Lowering blood pressure saves lives and primary care practice is where the hypertensive rubber meets the road.

This meeting made me think a lot about how we can do better by our patients with hypertension. My conclusion--we need to do better. Here, a few take-home pointers on the "how."

The message was clear and repeated frequently: The greatest danger of hypertension in the inpatient is overtreatment.

After taking a few doses, the boy became extremely lethargic. He was seen at the clinic and was found to be hypotensive and was admitted to a nearby hospital. What was the problem?

At a recent retreat I led for doctors on the brink of total burnout, all hands went up when I asked if anyone had lost a colleague to suicide. All but one hand was raised to confirm having considered their own suicide. Many in the room had signed up for this weekend hoping to learn how to avoid becoming the colleague behind someone else's raised hand.

At the ASH meeting, one could get a pretty good sense of where the beta blocker hypertension debate is headed.

The “plus” means beta blockade plus a little something more – like alpha blockade, or generation of nitric oxide. From ASH 2013, a glance toward the future. .