People integrate life experiences in an inner story to construct a self-narrative1. This inner story, or narrative structure of a…
Disparities, Uncertainties and Societal Cost: Precision Medicine and Transthyretin Amyloidosis
Elucidation of the biologic mechanisms underlying the pathogenesis of transthyretin (TTR) amyloidosis has led to the approval of therapies to…
Myocardial calcifications: thinking beyond the heart.
Myocardial calcifications are often discovered incidentally and result from dystrophic or metastatic deposition of calcium1. Dystrophic calcification represents the sequalae…
Neoplasm or Pseudoneoplasm? Broaden Your Differential Diagnosis Beyond Conditions Native to the Gastrointestinal Tact
Endometriosis is a benign complex gynecologic disease characterized by the presence of endometrial tissue outside the uterus. The intestines are…
Coronary Artery Calcium and the Age-Specific Competing Risk of Cardiovascular Versus Cancer Mortality: The Coronary Artery Calcium Consortium
Coronary artery calcium (CAC) is a guideline recommended cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk stratification tool that increases with age and is…
How New Jersey’s First Coronavirus Patient Survived
James Cai’s case was completely new to his doctors. When he grew severely ill, he tapped a network of Chinese…
How New Jersey’s First Coronavirus Patient Survived
James Cai’s case was completely new to his doctors. When he grew severely ill, he tapped a network of Chinese…
Coronavirus Live Updates: Trump Again Promotes Use of Unproven Anti-Malaria Drug; Deaths in Country May Be Undercounted
For the second straight day, the president pushed the use of hydroxychloroquine, which has not been proven to treat the…
Coronavirus Live Updates: New U.S. Hot Spots Emerge; Trump Warns of ‘a Lot of Death’
The president veered from grim warnings to baseless assurances in a news conference, predicting a surging death toll in what…
The Rising Heroes of the Coronavirus Era? Nations’ Top Scientists
Scientists in Europe are becoming household names, fulfilling societies’ emotional and practical need for the truth.