I fundamentally agree with Aggarwal’s findings regarding the education deficit of physicians concerning nutrition.1 As the authors point out “[…]…
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The Racial Divide Here at Home
My policy as editor for The American Journal of Medicine (AJM) has been to avoid reviewing books despite the fact…
Ruptured Urinary Bladder After a “Simple” Fall
An independent 99-year-old community-dwelling man was admitted after being found on the floor, confused and complaining of diffuse abdominal pain…
Applying the ‘COST’ (Culture, Oversight, Systems Change, and Training) Framework to De-Adopt theNeutropenic Diet
De-adoption is the discontinuation of ineffective, inefficient, unnecessary, or harmful health care services that provide no additional benefit relative to…
Applying the ‘COST’ (Culture, Oversight, Systems Change, and Training) Framework to De-Adopt the Neutropenic Diet
De-adoption is the discontinuation of ineffective, inefficient, unnecessary, or harmful health care services that provide no additional benefit relative to…
Optimal Systolic Blood Pressure Target in Resistant and Non-Resistant Hypertension: A Pooled Analysis of Patient-Level Data from SPRINT and ACCORD
Prior studies suggest benefits of blood pressure lowering on cardiovascular risk may be attenuated in patients with resistant hypertension compared…
Borrelia Miyamotoi: An Emerging Tick-Borne Pathogen
As of July 2018, 6 different infections have been recognized to be transmitted by Ixodes scapularis ticks in the United…
Swollen Extraocular Muscle and Tingling Extremities
A 55-year-old man with a 3-month history of numbness and tingling in his extremities presented at a hospital. After obtaining…
A Young Manwith a Mass: Non-Early Precursor T-Cell Lymphoblastic Lymphoma
By the time it was discovered, a mediastinal tumor was threatening the patient’s cardiac function. A previously healthy 25-year-old Asian…
Progressive Dysphonia: Ortner Syndrome
To the Editor: