In 2010-2016, many US transplant centers commonly accepted deceased donor kidneys with less desirable characteristics. The use of these organs…
Health care intervention: Treating high-need, high-cost patients
Patients with complex needs — serious mental and physical health problems and substance use disorders — flock to emergency rooms…
Lipid Management for the Prevention of Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease
In 1961, the investigators involved in the Framingham Heart Study identified serum cholesterol as one of the “factors of risk”…
Democratizing Evidence Production — A 51-Year-Old Man with Sudden Onset of Dense Hemiparesis
In 2015, a 51-year-old farmer, Mr. K. arrived at the Jan Swasthya Sahyog hospital — an approximately 100-bed hospital in…
Randomized Trial of Medical versus Surgical Treatment for Refractory Heartburn
In the United States, approximately 20% of adults regularly have symptoms of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), and annual costs for…
Preexisting Conditions
Doc gets these calls more often now, cries for help from family and friends. They call him, he says, because…
Atrophic Glossitis
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Calcinosis in Juvenile Dermatomyositis
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Think First, Cut Last — Lessons from a Clinical Trial of Refractory Heartburn
Conceptualizing gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) as a single disease process that will respond to higher and higher doses of acid…
Case 32-2019: A 70-Year-Old Woman with Rapidly Progressive Ataxia
Presentation of Case. Dr. Kun-Wei Song (Neurology): A 70-year-old woman was admitted to this hospital because of rapidly progressive ataxia.…