The popular narrative surrounding cancer drugs or other therapies for rare diseases is that patients are willing to assume more…
Down the Rabbit Hole: Cutaneous Tuberculosis
The term “going down the rabbit hole,” based on Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, is a metaphor for an…
‘The Coronary (Cardiac) Care Unit at 50 years’
In the recent editorial “The Coronary (Cardiac) Care Unit at 50 years: A Major Advance in the Practice of Hospital…
A Tale of Two Cities: Persistently High Homicide Rates in Baltimore City Compared With Significant Declines in New York City
Deaths from homicide are a major public health problem in the United States and throughout the world. Further, the United…
Atypical Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome: Beyond Hemolysis and Uremia
Atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome commonly presents with the triad of microangiopathic hemolytic anemia, thrombocytopenia, and renal function impairment without an…
Do Physicians Need a Storyteller Education in the Field of Nutrition?
I fundamentally agree with Aggarwal’s findings regarding the education deficit of physicians concerning nutrition.1 As the authors point out “[…]…
The Racial Divide Here at Home
My policy as editor for The American Journal of Medicine (AJM) has been to avoid reviewing books despite the fact…
Ruptured Urinary Bladder After a “Simple” Fall
An independent 99-year-old community-dwelling man was admitted after being found on the floor, confused and complaining of diffuse abdominal pain…
Applying the ‘COST’ (Culture, Oversight, Systems Change, and Training) Framework to De-Adopt theNeutropenic Diet
De-adoption is the discontinuation of ineffective, inefficient, unnecessary, or harmful health care services that provide no additional benefit relative to…
Applying the ‘COST’ (Culture, Oversight, Systems Change, and Training) Framework to De-Adopt the Neutropenic Diet
De-adoption is the discontinuation of ineffective, inefficient, unnecessary, or harmful health care services that provide no additional benefit relative to…