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October 20, 2016Leo Robert Take this quick quiz to test your knowledge of a deadly disease.
View ArticleSPECIAL REPORT: Hepatitis C and Primary Care
April 4, 2017Rodger D. MacArthur, MDMerin Varghese, MD Primary care physicians can play an expanding role in achieving the benefits of testing, care, and treatment to help stem the epidemic.
View ArticleHepatitis C Report: Tuning in to a Silent Epidemic
April 5, 2017Rodger D. MacArthur, MDMerin Varghese, MD Knowing the origin and causes could help clinicians better determine who to screen and treat.
View ArticleHepatitis C Screening for High Risk Patients
April 5, 2017Rodger D. MacArthur, MDMerin Varghese, MD Patients can be identified at earlier stages of disease, before serious liver damage, and have improved clinical outcomes.
View ArticleHepatitis C Report: What Tests to Order
April 10, 2017Rodger D. MacArthur, MDMerin Varghese, MD Testing is recommended for the persons who are more likely to have the virus but not know it.
View ArticleMedicaid Is Tight on Hepatitis C Drug Coverage
April 10, 2017Rodger D. MacArthur, MDMerin Varghese, MD State Medicaid programs and private insurance companies have balked at providing these drugs to their insured customers. But the tide is turning.
View ArticleNewer Hepatitis C Drugs Mean Direct Action
April 17, 2017Rodger D. MacArthur, MDMerin Varghese, MD The “modern era” of treatment features multiple DAAs that target specific steps within the HCV life cycle.
View ArticleHepatitis C: What If You Do Not Treat?
April 18, 2017Rodger D. MacArthur, MDMerin Varghese, MD Severe outcomes may ensue in a high percentage of patients. The authors discuss the consequences in this brief podcast.
View ArticleHepatitis C Drugs Meet Resistance Issues
April 24, 2017Rodger D. MacArthur, MDMerin Varghese, MD Resistance-associated variants limit the activity of some drugs, but HIV infection treatment may offer some guidance.
View ArticlePost-Test on Hepatitis C in Primary Care
April 24, 2017Rodger D. MacArthur, MDMerin Varghese, MD Take this brief quiz to see what you’ve learned about the challenges and opportunities of HCV management.
View ArticlePostmarket Drug Safety Quiz: 8 Questions About Risk
May 31, 2017Leo RobertTest your knowledge of the safety events that have occurred involving FDA-approved drugs since the turn of the century.
View Article11 New Medications for Primary Care
November 28, 2017Susan KweskinHere: a quick look at newly approved agents for primary care that will soon be coming your way.
View ArticleThe Case of an Itchy Scalp and Forehead Rash
March 16, 2018Jonathan Sidlow, BAEve J. Lowenstein, MD, PhDUrticarial wet plaque, smaller pink urticarial lesions on the temple and eyelid, eyelid edema, no vesicles or pain. What's your diagnosis?
View ArticleBath Toys: Another Thing To Worry About?
March 29, 2018PatientCare Editorial StaffWhat’s swimming around in kids’ bath water—besides their rubber duckies? And why might it matter?
View ArticleAcral Anomaly in a Young Boy
August 12, 2018Jonathan A. Schneider, DOThree-year-old boy has rash x7 days on arms and legs plus low-grade fever x10-14 days. Is the eruption anomaly or simply ordinary?
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