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MKSAP: 32-year-old man with an intermittent pruritic rash

Test your medicine knowledge with the MKSAP challenge, in partnership with the American College of Physicians. A 32-year-old man is evaluated for an intermittent pruritic rash of 8 years’ duration. Medical history is significant for mild persistent asthma. His only medications are an albuterol inhaler and an inhaled glucocorticoid. On physical examination, vital signs are normal. There… Read More: MKSAP: 32-year-old man with an intermittent pruritic rash »

Reflections on a 45-year career and 13 years leading HealthNewsReview.org

Our home page 1st day 2006 In this, our final week of daily publishing as we wind down operations due to a loss of sufficient funding, I want to share some observations after a 45-year career in health care journalism, 13 of which were the pinnacle for me as Publisher of this website. Earlier this… Read More: Reflections on a 45-year career and 13 years leading HealthNewsReview.org »

Curl Up and Diet – Kilgore News Herald

JASE GRAVES WHAT’S WRONG WITH DADDY? | JASE GRAVES According to the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), about half of Americans are currently trying to lose weight, many of them employing strategies like switching from peanut M&M’s to the plain variety, or drinking more Cherry Coke to increase their intake of fruit. Unfortunately, most… Read More: Curl Up and Diet – Kilgore News Herald »

Nearly 1 million seek to quit smoking, health minister announces

As Turkey marked World Smoking Cessation Day on Saturday, Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said in the last nine years 900,000 people have sought access to free medicine, provided by the government, to help them quit smoking as Turkey steps up the fight against the habit Turkey has been praised for its efforts to curb smoking… Read More: Nearly 1 million seek to quit smoking, health minister announces »