Clinicians are challenged to stay informed of new and changing medical literature. To facilitate knowledge updates and synthesis of practice-changing…
Embolic stroke of undetermined source: Gateway to a new stroke entity?
Embolic stroke of unknown source is currently thought to represent a subpopulation of cryptogenic strokes defined by its embolic stroke…
Anorexia Nervosa
Foreword. This Journal feature begins with a case vignette highlighting a common clinical problem. Evidence supporting various strategies is then…
Advanced Mycosis Fungoides
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Orbital Hydatid Cyst
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Trends in U.S. Burden of Clostridioides difficile Infection and Outcomes
The incidence of Clostridioides difficile (formerly Clostridium difficile) infection and associated hospitalizations increased in the 2000s, largely because of the…
Waste, Worry, and the Seven Sins of Medicine
It takes seconds to suspect the diagnosis — there’s nothing else this could be. Annoying but benign, Greg’s malady is…
Stigma and the Toll of Addiction
Each day in 2018, an average of 185 people in the United States died from a drug overdose. In fact,…
Stigma Reduction to Combat the Addiction Crisis — Developing an Evidence Base
Between 1999 and 2017, more than 700,000 Americans died from drug overdoses, and escalating rates of drug addiction have contributed…
The Invisible Hand — Medical Care during the Pandemic
I met him on March 3, 2020, a 70-year-old man with a 6-month history of classic stable angina. He had…