It is unclear whether intensive blood pressure management is well-tolerated and affects risk uniformly across the body mass index (BMI)…
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Clinician’s Guide to the Updated ABCs of Cardiovascular Disease Prevention: A Review Part 2
Efforts to better control risk factors for cardiovascular disease and prevent the development of subsequent cardiovascular events are crucial to…
A New Gender Neutral Honorific: “RP”
Healthcare providers are increasingly aware of the challenges that transgender patients face in accessing quality and compassionate healthcare. 1 Physicians…
Creating a culture of micro-affirmations to overcome gender-based micro-inequities in academic medicine
A woman physician meets with the department chairperson and colleagues to discuss her project ideas. The group agrees that they…
Chronic Myocardial Injury and Risk for Stroke
Chronic myocardial injury defined as persistent troponin levels >99th percentile values when measured with high-sensitivity assays (hs-cTn) is common. The…
Graduate Medical Education’s Tower of Babel
Discussions about using public funds to support graduate medical education (GME) have used conflicting financial terms and measures. The resulting…
Burden of Thirty-Day Readmissions Associated with Discharge Against Medical Advice Among Inpatients in the United States
Discharges against medical advice are common among inpatients in the United States. The impact of discharge against medical advice on…
Malnutrition and undernutrition
The term ‘malnutrition’ is used to describe a deficiency, excess or imbalance of a wide range of nutrients, resulting in…
Surgery for obesity
Obesity is a chronic progressive disease that decreases longevity and has associated co-morbidities. Diet, lifestyle and behavioural modifications are essential…
The ethics of artificial nutrition
The last two decades have been witness to considerable progress in the administration of artificial nutrition and hydration (ANH). This…