A quantitative alcohol history should be recorded for all patients, because alcohol use contributes to many physical and mental disorders. A person-centered, nonjudgmental approach should be adopted.
New catheter materials for peripherally inserted central catheters (PICCs) may reduce the risk of device failure due to infectious, thrombotic, and catheter occlusion events. However, data from ...
Zoledronate prevents fractures in older women when administered every 12 to 18 months, but its effects on bone density and bone turnover persist beyond 5 years. Whether infrequent zoledronate ...
Patients with human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2)–positive early breast cancer with residual invasive disease after neoadjuvant systemic therapy have a high risk of recurrence and death.
Allogeneic hematopoietic stem-cell transplantation is the only curative treatment for myelofibrosis. Driver mutations are the pathophysiological hallmark of the disease, but the role of mutation ...
An urgent health care workforce crisis is looming. In the United States, a country plagued by disparate health outcomes across its geographic regions, relative physician “deserts” (i.e ...
This Journal feature begins with a case vignette highlighting a common clinical problem. Evidence supporting various strategies is then presented, followed by a review of formal guidelines, when ...
Ten years ago, I was in the hospital battling Ebola. My fever rarely relented. I felt so weak that getting up was a herculean task, attempted only a few times a day. Having treated patients with ...
Panel A shows worldwide age-standardized incidence and mortality rates for cervical cancer in 2022. Data are from the GLOBOCAN database and were collated by the International Agency for Research ...
In this Journal feature, information about a real patient is presented in stages (boldface type) to an expert clinician, who responds to the information by sharing relevant background and ...
Highly pathogenic avian influenza A(H5N1) viruses have caused widespread infections in dairy cows and poultry in the United States, with sporadic human cases. We describe characteristics of human ...