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Mental Health Outcomes in Transgender and Nonbinary People – An Umbrella Review

Importance  Experiences of marginalization by gender minority people may predispose them to poorer mental health outcomes than their cisgender peers. Understanding mental health conditions in transgender (trans) and nonbinary people is an essential step in addressing potential inequities in outcome for…

Alcohol and Cancer Risk

This JAMA Insights discusses the evidence related to the US Surgeon General’s Advisory on alcohol and cancer risk.

Orf With Lymphangitis

This case report describes a 46-year-old goat farmer with a 2-week history of a painful nodule on the dorsal aspect of his right fifth finger.

Geroscience – A Translational Review

Importance  The incidence of stroke, heart failure, dementia, many cancers, coronary artery disease, and physical disability rise exponentially with age. Geroscience is a relatively new discipline that aims to define and modify aging-related biologic pathways, slow age-related disability, prevent age-related diseases,…

Prostatitis – A Review

Importance  Prostatitis is defined as infection, inflammation, or pain of the prostate gland and affects approximately 9.3% of men in their lifetime. Observations  Acute bacterial prostatitis consists of a urinary tract infection (UTI) that includes infection of the prostate, typically associated with…

A 34-Year-Old With Recurrent Strokes

A 34-year-old patient with a family history of stroke had right-sided headache, left upper extremity hemiparesis, and left hand numbness; magnetic resonance angiography showed bilateral narrowing of the terminal portion of the intracranial carotid arteries, more severe on the right….