Sleep duration has been shown to be associated with all-cause mortality; however, its relationship with cause-specific fatal events remains uncertain.…
Ideal Cardiovascular Health Is Inversely Associated with Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease: A Prospective Analysis
Cardiovascular health has been proven to be associated with major cardiometabolic diseases. However, little is known of associations between cardiovascular…
Motor Neuron Disease: Pathophysiology, Diagnosis, and Management
Patients with motor neuron diseases may present to primary care clinic or may be initially encountered in the inpatient setting.…
A Unifying Diagnosis: IgG4-Related Disease
The patient had long grappled with a disease attributed to toxin exposure after the World Trade Center attack on September…
Not All It’s CrAged Up to Be: Disseminated Cryptococcosis
Phenomena known as cognitive biases, when applied to the details of a patient’s medical history, evidently steered the first attempts…
The Meaning of Vermoulu in Henrik Ibsen’s Ghosts
In 1881, Henrik Ibsen’s play Ghosts shocked the theatrical world by bringing to center stage the taboo topic of venereal…
Febrile Calcinosis in Scleroderma
The collagen vascular diseases can be challenging for the internist and are associated with higher utilization of resources and less…
Intracardiac Metastasis as the Initial Presentation ofNon–Small Cell Lung Cancer
Cardiac tumors have generally been considered to be rare. They are often found incidentally, as they tend to remain clinically…
Are We Ready to Practice Lifestyle Medicine?
There is no longer any serious doubt that what each of us does in our daily lives profoundly affects our…
Recertification: A Tale of Good Intentions but Lots of Strife
The American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) is the largest of 24 certifying boards recognized by the American Board of…