The American Diabetes Association (ADA) released its Standards of Care in Diabetes—2026 with updates to continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) and diabetes management. The standards reflect the most ...

Increasing numbers of patients are taking glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1) receptor agonists solely for weight loss, and many aren’t telling their doctors. According to a recent KFF poll, 12% of adults ...

Hair loss affects approximately 80 million people in the United States. Moderate to severe hair loss significantly affects quality of life and is associated with reduced work productivity, anxiety, ...

Many primary care physicians may find it impractical to have this nuanced discussion with so many other preventive care and chronic disease management topics to address in a typical office visit. In ...

SARS-CoV-2 is the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19. The spectrum of asymptomatic, presymptomatic, and symptomatic SARS-CoV-2 transmission presents challenges for evaluating SARS-CoV-2 test ...

Medication regimens using mifepristone and misoprostol are safe and effective for outpatient treatment of early pregnancy loss for up to 84 days' gestation and for medication abortion up to 77 days' ...

Health maintenance for women of reproductive age includes counseling and screening tests that have been demonstrated to prevent disease and improve health. This article focuses mainly on conditions ...

Adults commonly present to their family physicians with hip pain, and diagnosing the cause is important for prescribing effective therapy. Hip pain is usually located anteriorly, laterally, or ...

Dystocia (abnormally slow or protracted labor) accounts for 25% to 55% of primary cesarean deliveries. The latent phase of labor begins with onset of regular, painful contractions and continues until ...

• AAP, in contrast to the USPSTF, recommends screening for ASD at 18 and 24 months of age. • Chromosomal microarray and fragile X testing can provide prognostic and genetic counseling information to ...

Cognitive behavior therapy vs. wait-list control (8 weeks) Adolescents with major depressive disorder or dysthymic disorder 1 RCT (n = 64) Benefit for depressive symptoms (self-reported) and ...

Acute pyelonephritis is a bacterial infection of the kidney and renal pelvis and should be suspected in patients with flank pain and laboratory evidence of urinary tract infection. Urine culture with ...