Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a common, severe neurological disease that affects millions of people worldwide. Nevertheless, the actual cause of…
Tungiasis, another traveler’s concern
Tungiasis is an emerging pathology in traveling patients from non-endemic areas. We present two cases of popular interest due to…
Age-specific competing risk of cardiovascular versus cancer mortality as a function of coronary artery calcium: The Coronary Artery Calcium Consortium
Coronary artery calcium is a guideline recommended cardiovascular disease risk stratification tool that increases with age and is also associated…
Narrative medicine: thinking with stories during The Plague
People integrate life experiences in an inner story to construct a self-narrative1. This inner story, or narrative structure of a…
Disparities, Uncertainties and Societal Cost: Precision Medicine and Transthyretin Amyloidosis
Elucidation of the biologic mechanisms underlying the pathogenesis of transthyretin (TTR) amyloidosis has led to the approval of therapies to…
Myocardial calcifications: thinking beyond the heart.
Myocardial calcifications are often discovered incidentally and result from dystrophic or metastatic deposition of calcium1. Dystrophic calcification represents the sequalae…
Neoplasm or Pseudoneoplasm? Broaden Your Differential Diagnosis Beyond Conditions Native to the Gastrointestinal Tact
Endometriosis is a benign complex gynecologic disease characterized by the presence of endometrial tissue outside the uterus. The intestines are…
Coronary Artery Calcium and the Age-Specific Competing Risk of Cardiovascular Versus Cancer Mortality: The Coronary Artery Calcium Consortium
Coronary artery calcium (CAC) is a guideline recommended cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk stratification tool that increases with age and is…
How New Jersey’s First Coronavirus Patient Survived
James Cai’s case was completely new to his doctors. When he grew severely ill, he tapped a network of Chinese…
How New Jersey’s First Coronavirus Patient Survived
James Cai’s case was completely new to his doctors. When he grew severely ill, he tapped a network of Chinese…