High-quality clinical practice guidelines for low back pain demonstrate substantial agreement overall. However, more than one-third of treatment recommendations conflict across guidelines. Which category of...
Pulmonary rehabilitation is a key part of managing stable chronic obstructive pulmonary disease—but how well do you know the benefits of combining exercise and breathing techniques? Test your knowledge with...
In her American College of Cardiology 2025 presentation, “Arrhythmias in Athletes: Management and Return to Play,” Rachel Lampert, MD, Robert W. Berliner Professor of Medicine at the Yale School of...
A recent study explores the role of oxygen and gas flow rates in high-flow nasal cannula therapy for patients with interstitial lung disease. Can you identify the key finding about exercise tolerance? Test...
Your patient is a 38-year-old woman who would like to become active again, but doesn’t know how to slowly introduce physical activity into her daily schedule and the amount of time she should spend each...
The WHO recently released a global action plan for increasing levels of physical activity. Do you think these policy recommendations will help reach the physical activity goal by the 2030 deadline? Let us...
Your patient is a 31-year-old man who doesn’t think he moves enough during the day. He works from home and wants to know an easy way to stay healthy and move more.
A 51-year-old woman presents to your clinic with elevated fasting glucose concentrations. She has prediabetes and is wondering what she can do to prevent developing diabetes.
At a recent checkup, your patient asks you about exercising. He says that despite starting a new exercise routine, he has barely lost any weight, and wonders if it is because "muscle weighs more than fat."
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