As we enter the winter season, a time of holidays, family, friends, and togetherness, we’re reminded of both the joys and the challenges this time of year brings. For many, it’s a season filled with wonderful memories. For family physicians, it’s also a time when waiting rooms are full and respirat...
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Review Articles
Management of Chronic Respiratory Diseases
Evidence-Based Approaches to Asthma and COPD in Primary Care
Chronic respiratory diseases such as asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are common throughout the world and cause a great deal of morbidity and mortality. Acute exacerbations can result in missed work, hospitalizations, and sometimes death. This review will discuss the epidemiol...
Sleep is crucial for normal, healthy development in childhood. Consistent, high-quality sleep regimens lead to better overall health outcomes, such as enhanced focus, behavior, learning, memory, emotional control, and overall mental and physical well-being. In contrast, poor, minimal, and irregular ...
Approaches to Diagnosing and Treating Common Hair Loss Conditions
A Family Medicine Perspective
Hair loss impacts both physical appearance and psychosocial well-being. It necessitates a
compassionate and comprehensive approach to diagnosis and treatment. This narrative
review presents current evidence on the most common nonscarring alopecias, i.e.
androgenetic alopecia (AGA), alopecia areata (...
Depression and anxiety symptoms have a profound impact on a person’s life, affecting their emotional well-being, relationships, and overall quality of life long-term. This case study presents a patient who suffered from persistent neck pain, depression, and anxiety for 9 months following a traumatic...
Brief Reports
A 5-year-old presented to urgent care with a 3-day history of fever with a tympanic Tmax of 102°F. Laboratory studies revealed positive results for Influenza B and negative for COVID. Physical examination revealed a left erythematous tympanic membrane with bulging and decreased motion. The patient w...
Clinical Images
Correction 1/13/2026: The print version of this article and the original PDF versions included minor errors in the lettering of the answer choices for questions 1 and 3. CASE REPORT An 18-year-old patient presented to her primary care doctor with a circular rash on the left lateral hip....
Patient Education Handout(s)
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INTRODUCTION Acne vulgaris is one of the most common skin conditions, affecting an estimated 50 million people in the United States each year. Typical acne develops when hair follicles become clogged with excess oil, dead skin cells, and sometimes bacteria, leading to inflammation. ...
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Verruca vulgaris, known as common warts, is rough, thickened growths on the skin caused by human papillomavirus (HPV). The infection is most prevalent in children but does affect people of all ages. 1 Common warts are most frequently found on the hands and feet but can appear anywhere on the bod...
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WHAT IS “SAFE SLEEP”? Safe sleep means creating a sleeping space for your baby that reduces the risk of sudden unexpected infant death (SUID), which includes sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), and accidental suffocation during sleep. These events usually happen during sleep and are...
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Correction: Updated Breast Cancer Screening Guidelines Patient Education HandoutWe thank our readers for identifying that the previously published Patient Education Handout (PEH) for Breast Cancer Screening Guidelines contained outdated standards of care.The relevant guidelines were updated after th...