Can the Fibrosis-4 (FIB-4) score and/or Forns index accurately predict significant or severe liver fibrosis in adults with chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection?
My first patient is a 50-year-old man establishing care. I tell him that I am a new doctor in town. He has had vertigo for…
This page provides family physicians with a range of clinical guidance resources on brain health topics, such as dementia, stroke, traumatic brain injury, and more.
Does cold water immersion after exercise reduce muscle soreness?
Promoting positive health habits that prevent disease is foundational to primary care and family medicine.
A 64-year-old man presented with a solitary nodule on his chin that had gradually enlarged over several months. The lesion was firm and nontender and…
Sarcoidosis is a multisystem granulomatous inflammatory disease of unknown etiology that can involve any organ. Ongoing dyspnea and dry cough in a young to middle-aged…
American Family Physician Community Blog, Updates in the Management of Iron Deficiency Anemia, written by Lilian White, MD.
Although intrauterine device (IUD) placement is known to be painful, guidelines historically have not recommended routine analgesia.1,2 As patients turn to social media to share…
Key clinical questions and their evidence-based answers directly from the journal’s content, written by and for family physicians.
