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A 60-year-old man with hypertension and bipolar disorder was incidentally found to have small cysts on his kidneys during MRI of the abdomen.
As her patients near the end of life, an infectious disease physician who knows their stories sometimes needs to step out of her proverbial lane to help them assess and achieve their goals of care.
Intravenous thrombolysis remains a standard treatment for acute ischemic stroke within 4.5 hours after onset. Vascular reocclusion may occur after intravenous thrombolysis and may be preventable ...
To the Editor: In the Blood Pressure Control Target in Diabetes (BPROAD) trial, Bi et al. (March 27 issue) 1 used the classic design of a prospective randomized trial with an intention-to-treat ...
A 69-year-old man with multiple myeloma presented with an enlarging purple skin mass on his right shoulder at the surgical site of a recent intramedullary nailing of a humerus fracture.
A 61-year-old man presented with hypoxemic respiratory failure and shock 10 weeks after kidney transplantation. A purpuric rash was present on the abdomen. A diagnosis was made.
Many AI innovations could benefit patients and clinicians. Yet medicine should heed lessons from industries in which AI adoption has resulted in reduced autonomy for workers and inferior working co ...
Among women with a history of early breast cancer treated with endocrine therapy (tamoxifen or aromatase inhibitors), vasomotor symptoms are common, occurring in up to 90% of this population, and o ...
Primary care physicians have been leaving traditional practices for concierge and direct primary care practices, in which patients are offered personalized and more accessible primary care in excha ...
Among patients with COPD, those with persistent or newly formed mucus plugs at 5-year follow-up had a greater decrease in lung function than those with resolved or no mucus plugs.
New AI-based software for generating patient notes purposely filters out social “chitchat,” but a primary care physician sees serious risks in that practice, for doctors and patients alike.