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Understanding today’s corporatization of U.S. health care requires seeing it from a historical perspective, as a process that began with a change in the business model of care delivery in the 1920s.
To prevent the spread of inaccurate information, academic and health care institutions will need to equip scientists and clinicians to engage effectively on nontraditional media platforms.
A 19-year-old woman with a history of depression and anxiety symptoms was admitted to the hospital because of seizure, ...
This Double Take video explores the link between certain strains of human papillomavirus and cancer and reviews the evidence ...
A 73-year-old woman was referred to the hematology clinic for evaluation of anemia. Bone marrow biopsy revealed trilineage hematopoietic maturation with severe dyserythropoiesis. Laboratory studies ...
Abelacimab is a fully human monoclonal antibody that binds to the inactive form of factor XI and blocks its activation. The safety of abelacimab as compared with a direct oral anticoagulant in pati ...
Nonrandomized observational analyses have been promoted as alternatives to randomized clinical trials. However, randomization ensures balance between groups, whereas nonrandomized studies are often ...
In 15 patients with primary aldosteronism, baxdrostat (a second-generation, nonimidazole aldosterone synthase inhibitor) resolved or reduced the severity of hypertension, excessive aldosterone ...
Recent events — including the Terri Schiavo case —have involved public questioning of the commonly held belief that decisions about artificial nutrition and hydration should be made in the ...
Maintaining medicine’s commitment to excellence while remedying our failures requires distinguishing unnecessary trainee harms from necessary discomforts. Why is it so hard to make these ...
A 58-year-old man presented with systemic lupus erythematosus characterized by polyarthritis, photosensitivity, malar rash, and pleuritis. Despite treatment with glucocorticoids, hydroxychloroquine ...
A 49-year-old man presented with blurry vision and glare in his left eye. Ophthalmoscopic examination showed focal chorioretinitis and moderate vitritis, the latter of which generated a ...