Zoledronate prevents fractures in older women when administered every 12 to 18 months, but its effects on bone density and bone turnover persist beyond 5 years. Whether infrequent zoledronate ...
Patients with human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2)–positive early breast cancer with residual invasive disease after neoadjuvant systemic therapy have a high risk of recurrence and death.
Beyond ensuring access to gender-affirming surgical care, U.S. carceral facilities can develop health care, housing, and security policies that recognize gender-affirming care as standard practice.
New catheter materials for peripherally inserted central catheters (PICCs) may reduce the risk of device failure due to infectious, thrombotic, and catheter occlusion events. However, data from ...
An urgent health care workforce crisis is looming. In the United States, a country plagued by disparate health outcomes across its geographic regions, relative physician “deserts” (i.e ...
A quantitative alcohol history should be recorded for all patients, because alcohol use contributes to many physical and mental disorders. A person-centered, nonjudgmental approach should be adopted.
Allogeneic hematopoietic stem-cell transplantation is the only curative treatment for myelofibrosis. Driver mutations are the pathophysiological hallmark of the disease, but the role of mutation ...
This Journal feature begins with a case vignette highlighting a common clinical problem. Evidence supporting various strategies is then presented, followed by a review of formal guidelines, when ...
Carpal tunnel syndrome affects 87 men and 192 women per 100,000 population worldwide. 1 Common signs include paresthesia, pain, and weakness in the median nerve distribution of the hand.
Highly pathogenic avian influenza A(H5N1) viruses have caused widespread infections in dairy cows and poultry in the United States, with sporadic human cases. We describe characteristics of human ...
Panel A summarizes the conventional model of how oncogenic RAS guanosine triphosphatases (i.e., Kirsten rat sarcoma viral oncogene homologue [KRAS], neuroblastoma RAS viral oncogene homologue ...
In this trial involving patients with hematologic cancers, the immune responses that were elicited were similar for adjuvanted-dose and standard-dose influenza vaccines.