MedPage Today and the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel teamed up for a year-long investigation into physicians who leave behind troubling disciplinary actions in one state to go practice with “clean” licenses in another state.

The sugar industry has waged a decades long campaign to blame the obesity epidemic on fats, not sugars. The New York Times offers a guide on how to stop eating sugar, to help readers curb the excess sugar consumption that leads to many health problems.

The Center for Disease Control and Prevention would like us to learn the signs and symptoms of sepsis, now that estimates for the incidence of sepsis suggest that more than a million Americans develop sepsis every year and a quarter million die from it. Other articles look at the important signs and symptoms of heart attack, sudden cardiac arrest, stroke, diabetes, and prostate cancer.

A few articles focusing on ways that health care consumers, insurers, and accountable-care organizations are trying to reduce health care costs. UnitedHealthcare reports that it will pass rebates from drug companies on to consumers.

With tens of millions of lives at stake, medical researchers are racing to create a universal influenza vaccine before the next devastating epidemic

2018 is the 100th anniversary of the devastating global influenza outbreak. Smithsonian magazine follows the history of this plague, which killed more people than all the military deaths in World War 1 and World War 2 combined.

With the rise of drug-resistant bacteria and increases in chronic wounds from diabetes, maggots are once again being used for treatment. Enzymes in maggot saliva clear away dead tissue and infected flesh that otherwise surgeons would scrape away using a scalpel. To keep things on the squeamish side - an article on why nose-picking is bad and how to stop it, as well as information about boils on the buttocks.

The Personal Genome Project was supposed to revolutionize medicine, but the results reveal how much we still have to learn. The Toronto Globe & Mail looks at the risk of misleading results as DNA testing enters mainstream medicine.

As many as 1 out 4 people have hypertension, but many people do not know they have high blood pressure. Knowing what the proper benchmarks for blood pressure readings, and the correct method of measuring blood pressure are part of managing this condition. The latest drug treatments, and suggestions on how to manage stress and hypertension.

This has already been a long nasty season of cold and flu viruses. Today's readings cover how to recognize five different types of cough, information about the efficacy and safety of cold and flu OTC drugs, prescribed drugs and supplements, and a quiz on general knowledge of cold and flu.