Transcatheter aortic-valve implantation (TAVI) is associated with procedure-related stroke. Cerebral embolic protection (CEP) devices may reduce embolization to the cerebral circulation and hence ...

In patients with active cancer and venous thromboembolism, whether extended treatment with a reduced dose of an oral anticoagulant is effective in preventing recurrent thromboembolic events and ...

The cardiovascular safety of oral semaglutide, a glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor agonist, has been established in persons with type 2 diabetes and high cardiovascular risk. An assessment of the ...

The primary mission of medical schools is to train physicians who will provide excellent patient care. Pass/fail grading systems, in their current form, could threaten that goal.

Residency applicants have long been advised to play it safe in their personal statement, but what if the best way to rise above the heap is to share a part of yourself you’ve been told to keep ...

Most U.S. medical school applicants now log many hours shadowing physicians to boost their chances of admission, but these experiences may not be beneficial, they have costs, and access to them is ...

IgG4-related disease is a multiorgan, relapsing, fibroinflammatory, immune-mediated disorder. It is characterized by the development of mass lesions rich in CD19+ B cells that may drive ...

Even as hospitals in Gaza were turned into battlefields, some Palestinian–Israeli health care programs bridged the deep divides and continued to build trust between the populations in conflict.

Automated insulin delivery (AID) systems have been shown to be beneficial for patients with type 1 diabetes, but data are needed from randomized, controlled trials regarding their role in the ...

IN 1960 Wagner, Sleggs and Marchand 1 reported 33 cases of diffuse pleural mesothelioma from the North Western Cape Province of South Africa. The collection of such a large number of cases of a ...

THE beginning clinical clerk, the house officer and the practicing physician are all confronted with conditions that are frustrating in every phase of medical action. The purpose of this article ...

The patients studied on the medical wards of the Boston City Hospital had been admitted primarily for treatment of severe liver disease or the complications of alcoholism. One patient was admitted ...