Psoriasis is a systemic inflammatory disorder that can target adipose tissue; the resulting adipocyte dysfunction is manifest clinically as the…
Diagnostic Error & Anchoring Bias in a Patient with Schizophrenia
A 55-year-old man with schizophrenia, and recent open abdominal aortic aneurysm repair was admitted for new abdominal pain. The abdominal…
Effectiveness of Inferior Vena Cava Filters in Patients with Stable and Unstable Pulmonary Embolism and Trends in Their Use
Trends in the use of inferior vena cava (IVC) filters in patients with pulmonary embolism (PE) who are stratified according…
What patients with Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis and caregivers want – Filling the currents gaps with patient reported outcomes and experience measures
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis is a progressive disease, with a high mortality within the first 3–5years from diagnosis and a poor…
Physician Stress and Burnout
Tens (or hundreds) of thousands of Americans die each year as a result of preventable medical errors. Changes in the…
Strategies of Unloading the Failing Heart from Metabolic Stress
We propose a unifying perspective of heart failure in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. The reasoning is as follows:…
Genetic discovery linked to rare eye disease
Paul S. Bernstein, M.D., Ph.D., spent more than a decade working with families at the John A. Moran Eye Center…
Talking receptors may affect relaxin at work
A research team investigating the promising anti-fibrotic effects of a drug version of the hormone, relaxin, has discovered that the…
If You Hate Floss, It’s O.K. to Try These Alternatives
Experts with the A.D.A. and the C.D.C. told us five things to try if you hate regular floss — and…