Men's Health
- Men’s health 2018 (November 2018)
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- How acute pain leads to chronic opioid use
Several recent studies suggest how doctors can better treat acute pain to prevent chronic opioid use.
Influenza update 2018–2019: 100 years after the great pandemicA centennial year update on immunization, epidemiology, transmission, and treatment of influenza.
- Men’s health 2018: BPH, prostate cancer, erectile dysfunction, supplements
Latest research in 4 areas of men’s health commonly addressed in primary care.
- PSA screening: Back to the future
Screening for prostate cancer reduces mortality rates and metastatic disease, and the paradigm continues to evolve.
- Bisphosphonate-related atypical femoral fracture: Managing a rare but serious complication
Concern about this rare complication has led to a decrease in bisphosphonate use.
- Fournier gangrene
The patient died of rapidly progressive necrotizing fasciitis of the perineum 2 hours after hospital admission.
- Palmoplantar exanthema and liver dysfunction
The patient admitted to having had unprotected sex with a female sex worker.
- Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: What primary care physicians need to know
This devastating and fatal lung disease generally affects older adults, especially men, and can be mistaken for COPD.
- It takes a village to care for the patient with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
The primary care physician can play key roles in diagnosis, referral, and long-term management.