The problem, a brief but precipitous drop in blood pressure that causes lightheadedness or dizziness when standing up, is called…
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Mentorship as a Means to Get Women Interested in Cardiology
A disparity of women in cardiology remains despite the slight majority of females now entering into the medical field. Women…
Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy: Is a ‘Cure’ Coming . . . Or Is It Already Here?
Over its 60-year history, a consistent theme attached to hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) has been controversy concerning its prevalence, clinical course,…
A Simple Response to Physician Burnout
I enjoyed the article on physician burnout.1 I would like to resonate the thoughts therein and thank Yates for the…
Can Foundational Spiritual and Religious Beliefs Be Protective Against Burnout?
“Depression is a disease, whereas Burnout is a syndrome that is job-related and situation specific.” This stoic statement by the…
Weak Wellness
As elucidated in the recent American Journal of Medicine manuscript “Physician Stress and Burnout,” it is well established that burnout…
Methodological Issues on the Study of Eosinopenia as an Adverse Marker of Clinical Outcomes in Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction
We read the fascinating article by Alkhalil et al1 in a recent issue of The American Journal of Medicine. Although…
Cardiorespiratory Fitness, Body Mass Index and Insulin Resistance in Healthy Adults
I read the article by Clarke et al1 with interest. The combination of impaired fasting glucose (100-125 mg/dL) and elevated…
Problems in Evaluating the Prevalence of Bacteremia in Population Subgroups
In their study, Hyernard et al1 might have made an inaccurate estimate of the prevalence of atypical presentation of bacteremia…
Association of the functional ovarian reserve with serum metabolomic profiling by nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy: a cross-sectional study of ~ 400 women
Women with diminished ovarian reserve are known to have increased cardiovascular risk, whether there is a continuous association between the…