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Patients benefit from antiplatelet therapy after coronary-artery bypass grafting (CABG) for an acute coronary syndrome.
An appropriate duration of dual antiplatelet therapy after percutaneous coronary intervention for acute myocardial infarction ...
Poorly controlled hypertension is a common problem worldwide, particularly in low-resource settings. We conducted an ...
A 37-year-old woman presented to the emergency department with a 4-day history of acute pain, swelling, and bruising on the upper portion of the left knee after using an electronic massage gun. Her ...
A 61-year-old woman presented to the emergency department with chest pain. ST-segment elevations were revealed on ECG. A coronary angiogram showed normal coronary arteries, but left ventriculography ...
To the Editor: In the SELECT trial, Lincoff and colleagues (Dec. 14 issue) 1 found that weekly subcutaneous semaglutide, a glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor agonist, was superior to placebo in ...
Patients who have taken opioids for years for chronic pain must be treated differently from those who have not because such therapies cause profound physiological and neurologic changes. Reflexive ...
Venous thromboembolism is a common complication of cancer and its treatments, and the incidence of recurrent thrombosis, serious bleeding, and death is higher among patients with this condition than ...
To the Editor: The BROADWAY trial by Nicholls and colleagues (July 3 issue) 1 was a pivotal evaluation of an intriguing agent. However, I am concerned about the use of placebo in patients with ...
The most important attribute of patient-centered care is the active engagement of patients when fateful health care decisions must be made — when they arrive at a crossroads of medical options, where ...
China has recently emerged as an important player in new drug development — a field traditionally dominated by the United States and Europe. This shift has implications for global access to new ...
The medical school application process has spiraled out of control, placing a huge and counterproductive burden on young aspiring physicians. What can be done to scale things down while improving t ...