The corporatization of the U.S. health insurance industry may contribute to poor health care performance for the commercially insured population, but some supply-side and demand-side reforms could ...

A 63-year-old man presented with a 3-month history of chest tightness, palpitations, and abdominal pain. Laboratory studies ...

Central retinal artery occlusion can result in permanent vision loss. Effective treatment is lacking. We conducted a phase 3, double-blind, double-dummy, randomized, controlled trial involving ...

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Rare disease in an adolescent who lived more than 12,000 years ago, along with her burial embrace by a first-degree relative, may reflect the importance of care for survival. Ancient DNA analysis l ...

A 58-year-old woman was admitted to the hospital 3 weeks after lumbar surgery because of diplopia and fever. Left leg pain and a rash had preceded the fever and diplopia. A diagnosis was made.

The U.S. government can combat chronic disease among Medicare patients by strengthening primary care, expanding access to preventive care, making care more affordable, and modernizing Medicare ...

Autism research programs should focus on both causes and effective services and supports. Alarmist claims, chasing of debunked theories of causation, and further stigmatizing autism are counterprod ...

Abstract The reliance on axillary-lymph-node dissection in the management of breast cancer has evolved over time. Although axillary-lymph-node dissection was long considered to be the standard of care ...

Osilodrostat, a dual aldosterone synthase and 11β-hydroxylase inhibitor, controlled bilateral macronodular adrenal hyperplasia in a patient with primary aldosteronism.

Personalized therapies hold tremendous promise but challenge traditional models of drug and biologic development. The FDA outlines a path to market entry for products where a randomized trial is no ...

Among patients who survived 2 years after transcatheter arterialization of the deep veins, the majority had limb salvage with wound healing and improved pain scores.