Men's Health
Another influenza season in the shadow of the COVID-19 pandemicFlu season is upon us at the ominous milestone of more than 722,000 US deaths from COVID-19.
- Should my older adult patients take aspirin for primary prevention of cardiovascular disease?
For patients age 70 and older, recent evidence shows that the harms outweigh the benefits.
- Revisiting the ‘great masquerader’
An HIV patient presents with scaly brown lesions on the palms and soles, mildly painful oral erosions, and a buzzing sound in the right ear for the past 20 days.
- How do you effectively evaluate the elderly for alcohol use disorder?
A brief review of clues to an underrecognized and underdiagnosed problem with physical as well as emotional and social consequences.
- The obesity paradox in heart failure: What is the role of cardiorespiratory fitness?
What should these patients be advised about weight management and about cardiorespiratory fitness, a major factor influencing the paradox?
- Prostate cancer screening
The costs of PSA testing—both financial and to the patient’s well-being—are not worth it.
- In Reply: Prostate cancer screening
The debate about screening remains fraught, and passions run high on both sides.
- Puffy hand syndrome
A 37-year-old man visited the rheumatology clinic for evaluation of swelling of his fingers and hands.