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Burning mouth syndrome (called BMS, for short) is a common problem. People with BMS often feel like they burned their mouth with hot coffee. They may also have...

AAP Statement on the Use of Fruit Juice in Children | Resistance Training in Older Adults | Topical Solution for Nail Fungus | Paroxetine Approved for...

AAFP Selects New Officers and Board Members for Upcoming Year | AAFP Establishes Center for Health Information Technology | HHS Creates Six National Centers of...

A group of family physicians, obstetricians, midwives, obstetric anesthesiologists, and childbirth educators attended an evidence-based symposium in 2001 on...

Anthem is notifying practices that they may have less time to timely file patient claims.

Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is a well-established, scientifically proven treatment for patients with depression. For family physicians to take full...

This case concerns the justification of moral constraints that a physician group decides to apply to itself in the provision of patient services. Family...

Eating disorders affect nearly 2% of Americans during their lifetime and are more common in women and individuals in the LGBTQ+ community. Eating disorders...

This statement summarizes the current U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommendations for screening for depression and the supporting scientific...

How to contact the FPM journal editorial, production, sales, and circulation staff

The American College of Cardiology (ACC) and the American Heart Association (AHA) have created guidelines on perioperative cardiovascular evaluation and care...

Access the evidence-based clinical practice guideline on hoarseness (dysphonia) developed by the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery and...

Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is common, with a lifetime prevalence of approximately 6%. PTSD may develop at least one month after a traumatic event...

Quality peer reviews help the FPM editors select and publish articles that are accurate, authoritative, and useful to family physicians and others in primary...

The AAFP fights on behalf of the speciality of family medicine and its members at the federal and state levels.

Screening patients to understand their social context is the gateway to addressing barriers and improving health.

The increasing use of cross-sectional imaging has led to an increase in the incidental discovery of adrenal masses (adrenal incidentalomas). Although most of...

Cholelithiasis, or gallstones, is one of the most common and costly of all the gastrointestinal diseases. The incidence of gallstones increases with age....

Family physicians should be able to recognize findings on physical examination and history that suggest the presence of a genetic syndrome to aid in the...

House Bill Would Eliminate SGR-Based Payment System by 2010 | SCHIP Legislation May Promote Patient-Centered Medical Home | Law to Make Prescriptions...

This complex network meta-analysis of eight treatment regimens for acute venous thromboembolism found that a combination of unfractionated heparin and vitamin...

The incidence of skin cancer is increasing by epidemic proportions. Basal cell cancer remains the most common skin neoplasm, and simple excision is generally...

A post-term or prolonged pregnancy is one that reaches 42 weeks' gestation; approximately 5 to 10 percent of pregnancies are post-term. Studies have shown a...

Chris Zeman didn't plan to be a physician, but when his daughter was born with gastroschisis, he was inspired to go back to school at age 31.

AFP Community Blog topic on COVID. Find all Community Blog post related to COVID under this topic search.

A woman presents with a pruritic rash that is associated with peeling and cracking of the palmar and plantar surfaces of her hands and feet.

The government may help physicians join unions. According to The Kiplinger Washington Letter, only about 35,000 physicians out of a total of 680,000 now belong...

Jeannette South-Paul, M.D., recently retired after serving nearly two decades as the first woman and the first member of a racial/ethnic minority to be named a...

Fibromyalgia is an idiopathic, chronic, nonarticular pain syndrome with generalized tender points. It is a multisystem disease characterized by sleep...

Read a description of the Childhood Cancer Survey, along with aims, objectives, timeline, status and key findings.

American Family Physician Community Blog, Neurofeedback: An Emerging Mental Health Therapy, written by Lilian White, MD.

Selecting the appropriate code will hopefully facilitate payment for preventive services and reduce some unpleasant questions from patients.

Updated Post-Event Smallpox Response Plan and Guidelines | Obstetric Management of Patients with Spinal Cord Injuries | AAP Report on Maltreatment of Children...

Some help understanding the proposed MACRA payment reforms

Learn how social determinants of health can improve patient outcomes. This page serves as a centralized hub for family physicians to find education and...

Is a cardiac troponin I concentration of less than 5 ng per L useful in identifying adults with acute coronary syndrome at low risk of myocardial infarction or...

Here fishy, fishy! Poor eating habits and disruptive behavior in patients with Alzheimer's disease could be reduced with the addition of brightly colored fish...

A 36-year-old woman presented with a mass on her labia that she first noticed two years earlier. The mass had recently started to bleed, requiring multiple pad...

CMS considers separate payment for advance care planning

The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force found insufficient evidence to assess the balance of benefits and harms of screening for vitamin D deficiency in...

Read the AAFP's policy on the need for standardized guidelines governing the confidential relationship between patient and physician.

Gestational diabetes increases the risk of gestational hypertension, preeclampsia, cesarean delivery, and developing diabetes later in life. The American...

Hindu priests in Bihar, an impoverished state in India, are blessing children with polio vaccine drops instead of holy water to help eradicate polio. Eleven...

A runny nose usually starts when your child's cold is starting to get better. When the cold virus first infects the nose and sinuses, the nose starts making...

In this post-hoc analysis of the previously published SPRINT trial, lowering the systolic blood pressure of patients who are at increased risk of...

Legislation Clears Resident Matching Program of Antitrust Allegations | AHRQ Report States That Poor Literacy Hinders Health Care Quality | Decisions Define...

The AAFP supports the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) clinical preventive service recommendation on gonococcal infection in neonates.

Recommendations on Combined Hormone Therapy | AAP Recommendations on Reporting Child Abuse | NIH Statement on Management of Cancer Symptoms | FDA Advisories |...

Epididymitis and orchitis are commonly seen in the outpatient setting. Men between 14 and 35 years of age are most often affected, and Chlamydia trachomatis...

In this issue of American Family Physician, Morrow1 discusses the evaluation of three common breast problems: breast pain, nipple discharge and breast mass. I...

Athletes who can successfully train their brains as well as their bodies may be able to gain that extra edge needed during competition. According to a report...

Compared with cephalexin alone, covering for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and streptococci with cephalexin plus TMP/SMX does not improve...

Expanding the role of medical assistants to better support providers can improve not only traditional outcomes but also job satisfaction.

Good nutrition is one of the keys to good health. Good nutrition means eating foods that have a lot of vitamins and minerals in them, and foods that are not...

We understand family physicians. We know you like to spend more time caring for others than you do yourself. Which is why we offer a number of valuable...

Cranberry products are not effective and should not be recommended for the prevention of UTIs.

It can be challenging to work with adolescents and their parents when eating disorders are involved.

Unlike most EHRs, registries can make patient data accessible and actionable, leading to better outcomes and easier quality reporting.

Learn how to write a great CV and personal statement, request meaningful letters of recommendation, and help shape your medical school performance evaluation.

Lasmiditan is a costly alternative to other more extensively studied medications for acute migraine. It should be reserved for those patients who lack relief...

Meet Robyn Liu, MD, MPH, FAAFP, a member of the AAFP board of directors.

The EveryONE Project from the AAFP has launched another user-friendly tool to help family physicians address social determinants of health at the point of...

Physician Groups Urge Congress to Adopt New Payment Model | Major New York Insurers Agree to Restructure Physician Ranking Systems | Pay-for-Performance...

Four reasons to participate in PQRS quality reporting

The American Academy of Pediatrics and the American Academy of Family Physicians recently released an evidence-based practice guideline to help physicians...

Read about AAFP's policy on the use of a uniform identification code for individual drug capsules and tablets.

This issue of AFP offers for the first time a tear-out version of the updated childhood and adolescent immunization schedules. The perforated, fold-out...

The AAFP seeks to recruit as many as 25 family medicine practices to participate in its new Alcohol Screening and Brief Intervention Office Champions Project....