Cardiovascular diseases, principally ischemic heart disease and stroke, have consistently been the leading cause of death worldwide since 1990 and accounted for 19.8 million deaths in 2022 alone.1 ...

As her patients near the end of life, an infectious disease physician who knows their stories sometimes needs to step out of her proverbial lane to help them assess and achieve their goals of care.

The financial assistance policies of some U.S. hospitals now define medical necessity much more restrictively than it has conventionally been understood, as covering only services that are ...

Intravenous thrombolysis remains a standard treatment for acute ischemic stroke within 4.5 hours after onset. Vascular reocclusion may occur after intravenous thrombolysis and may be preventable ...

A 64-year-old man presented with a 5-month history of a painful ulcer of the lateral left ankle. Recently, he had noticed malodorous secretions, increased erythema and edema, and worsening pain.

In 2006, a prospective observational study first showed that physical activity after a colon cancer diagnosis was linked to a decreased risk of recurrence and death.1 Since then, numerous observati ...

Allogeneic peripheral-blood stem-cell transplantation (SCT) from a matched related donor after myeloablative conditioning is the preferred curative treatment for patients with high-risk blood cance ...

Measurable residual disease (MRD) is a major prognostic factor in newly diagnosed multiple myeloma. An assessment of an MRD-guided consolidation strategy in patients who are eligible for autologous ...

On the basis of phase 2 studies, trastuzumab deruxtecan was approved for patients with human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2)–positive metastatic gastric cancer or gastroesophageal ...

Primary care physicians have been leaving traditional practices for concierge and direct primary care practices, in which patients are offered personalized and more accessible primary care in excha ...

Pulmonary nodules are detected in more than 1.5 million U.S. residents every year. Nodules are identified incidentally on at least 20% of all diagnostic chest computed tomographic (CT) scans and ar ...