Medical credit cards have emerged as a popular financing tool for patients seeking care they might otherwise be unable to afford. But these cards may ultimately increase financial burdens on patients.
A woman with asthma and obstructive sleep apnea presented with a 1-month history of worsening dyspnea and dry cough. CT of the chest showed anterior bowing of the posterior wall of the ...
A 91-year-old man with a history of bladder carcinoma and left total knee arthroplasty was evaluated because of left knee pain. A culture of synovial fluid showed no growth. A diagnosis was made.
To the Editor: The DeLLphi-304 trial reported by Mountzios et al. (July 24 issue)1 represents a landmark step forward for the treatment of relapsed small-cell lung cancer. The delta-like ligand 3 ( ...
When a physician’s own incidental finding sends her down a long and winding path to find answers, she finds herself overcome with worry — but also, eventually, a new appreciation for life.
This Sounding Board announces a new FDA policy that the default requirement for FDA approvals will be one robust pivotal trial plus confirmatory evidence, rather than two trials.
Cystinosis is a prototypical lysosomal storage disease caused by recessive pathogenic variants in CTNS, which encodes cystinosin, a ubiquitous proton-driven lysosomal cystine transporter. 1 Loss of ...
A high-school wrestler presented with an itchy rash that had worsened despite topical antifungal and glucocorticoid treatment. A circular, scaly plaque with papules, nodules, and pustules was seen ...
Mucormycosis is a rapidly progressive, invasive fungal infection that affects patients who are severely immunocompromised, as well as patients with diabetes and persons with immunocompetence who have ...
Beyond being a rare federal program focused on stabilizing rural health care services, the Rural Health Transformation Program represents a vehicle for advancing the administration’s health priorities ...
It is widely accepted that incident cardiovascular events in persons with a history of major atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease are largely preventable. 1,2 Most cardiovascular risk can be ...