One in 10 children and about one in six adults with private insurance received antibiotics they didn’t need at least…
Scientists connect dots between colitis and colon cancer
Lingering inflammation in the colon is a known risk factor for colorectal cancer and now scientists report one way it…
Diet and food production must radically change to save planet
Transformation of the global food system is urgently needed as more than 3 billion people are malnourished (including people who…
Common gene disorder causes serious ‘stealth’ disease, but could be easily treated
The western world’s most common genetic disorder is a ‘stealth condition’ that causes far higher levels of serious disease and…
Short-TErm Psychotherapy IN Acute Myocardial Infarction (STEP-IN-AMI) TRIAL: Final results
To assess whether a short-term psychotherapy enhances long-term clinical outcomes in patients with a recent acute myocardial infarction (AMI).
Pneumocystis pneumonia complicated by extensive diffuse pneumatoceles
A 60-year-old male presented to the outpatient clinic with shortness of breath, subjective fevers, and night sweats of one month…
Clinical characteristics and etiologies of miliary nodules in the US; A single center study
Miliary nodules have been typically described as a radiological manifestation of disseminated tuberculosis. However, miliary nodules are known to occur…
Consumer-Directed Health Care: The Uncertain Future of Price Transparency Initiatives
CompareCare, Massachusetts’ online price transparency initiative, was recently launched by the Center for Health Information and Analysis.1 Designed with the…
Pulse Pressure, Cardiovascular Events, and Intensive Blood Pressure Lowering in the Systolic Blood Pressure Intervention Trial (SPRINT)
The efficacy and tolerability of intensive blood pressure lowering may vary by pulse pressure (systolic minus diastolic blood pressure).
The Luckiest Man on the Face of the Earth
It was 80 years ago, on May 2, 1939, when Lou Gehrig (1903-1941), the legendary baseball player, took himself out…