Amid assurances that the Westerdam was disease free, hundreds of people disembarked in Cambodia and headed for airports. One was…
Rate of New Fatalities Drops in China
China’s National Health Commission on Monday reported 2,048 new cases of coronavirus infections and 105 new deaths over the previous…
What Are the Parameters That Should Inform Gestalt as a Clinical Decision Strategy for Pulmonary Embolism?
The limitations of clinical decision rules1 are exemplified by the performance of the Wells criteria in primary care.2 The latter…
Fetal Hypertension
Bassily et al1 describe significant risk factors in an obstetrical history with subsequent cardiovascular risk, including low birthweight, pre-eclampsia, gestational…
To the Horizon: The Brink of an AI Revolution in Prostate Cancer?
Noorbakhsh-Sabet et al.1 published an excellent review in The American Journal of Medicine summarizing the potential of artificial intelligence (AI)…
China’s Health Care System: Something is Wrong and How We Can Fix It
With great interest, we read a recent publication in The American Journal of Medicine presented by Dr. Hoffer.1 He stated…
One Way to Fix the Broken Health System Is to Fix the Broken Medical Liability System
All physicians should be interested in Hoffer’s ongoing series of articles1 on how we can fix our broken health care…
Illuminating Gestalt in Diagnosing Acute Pulmonary Embolism
In their review, Stüssi-Helbling et al identify myths and realities related to evaluating patients with suspected acute pulmonary embolism.1 We…
Artificial Intelligence in Medical Education
I read the article by Noorbakhsh-Sabet et al,1 which focuses on the applications of artificial intelligence (AI) in medicine with…
Death by Powerpoint
A recent article by Dr Joseph Alpert, the editor of The Journal, provided valuable recommendations on the challenges of making…