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How Primary Care Physicians Can Play an Important Role in the Fertility Journey

The dynamic between a primary care doctor and a patient is the pathway to constructive and beneficial communication on fertility options.

Opinion: Fellow Physicians, Please Stop Devaluing Your Medical License

A family medicine physician asks fellow doctors to keep operating to the highest extent of their ability and to remind themselves of the value of their license.

Can C-reactive protein levels predict risk of hypertension in a younger population?

Is hypertension an inflammatory disease?

The Psychology of Money

Anomalous origin of the left anterior descending artery from a separate ostium of the right sinus of Valsalva with abnormal stress test

A 67-year-old man with positive results on a stress myocardial perfusion test was found to have isolated anomalous origin of the left anterior descending coronary artery from a separate coronary ostium of the right sinus of Valsalva. This anomalous artery was not stenotic and coursed over the anterior free wall of the right ventricle, in front of the pulmonary artery. It did not appear to have an intra-arterial or intramyocardial course.

The Newest Addition to the Pain Management Arsenal: Targiniq ER

Abuse-deterrent properties, identical efficacy for pain relief, reversal of opioid-induced constipation, and theoretical tolerance mitigation may give Targiniq ER an interesting advantage over other oral opioids.

The HDL-C Conundrum: When More of the "Good" Isn't So Great

Ethnic differences in blood pressure control

The article by Rehman and colleagues (page 27) offers two important observations about the control of hypertension in African American men.