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Bipolar Disorder
Mood fluctuations are common during normal daily life as a result of either stressful or pleasant events. However, severe and…
Age, Complexity, and Crisis — A Prescription for Progress in Pandemic
It’s a sunny Sunday in San Francisco as I tackle overdue clinic notes and Covid-19 sweeps the planet. I am…
Variant Creutzfeldt–Jakob Disease Diagnosed 7.5 Years after Occupational Exposure
To the Editor: We report a case of variant Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease (CJD) that was plausibly related to accidental occupational exposure…
Cryptic Cachexia
Foreword. In this Journal feature, information about a real patient is presented in stages (boldface type) to an expert clinician,…
Antibiotics for Childhood Pneumonia — Do We Really Know How Long to Treat?
The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends 3 days of oral amoxicillin (80 mg per kilogram of body weight per day)…
Randomized Trial of Amoxicillin for Pneumonia in Pakistan
In 2015, acute lower respiratory tract infections caused 7.4 deaths per 1000 live births (95% confidence interval [CI], 6.7 to…
Amoxicillin for 3 or 5 Days for Chest-Indrawing Pneumonia in Malawian Children
Each year, approximately 920,000 children die from pneumonia before the age of 5 years. Providing greater access to appropriate and…
Four Decades of HIV/AIDS — Much Accomplished, Much to Do
The dramatic saga of the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) features an early sense of helplessness and frustration in the face…