Importance The use of medical cannabis continues to expand rapidly across the US, yet most health care practitioners and trainees report feeling unprepared to counsel patients or integrate cannabis into care. Despite its clinical relevance, standardized education on medical cannabis remains…
Importance Noonan syndrome (NS) is a rare developmental disorder and the most common condition among the RASopathies. Diagnosis and treatment of NS can be challenging due to the wide phenotypic variability of its manifestations. A multidisciplinary approach is essential, with continuous…
Importance The Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (SOFA) score was published in 1996 to describe organ dysfunction in critically ill adult patients in a readily quantifiable and sequential manner. Considerable changes have occurred over the last 3 decades in the use of…
Importance The most common inherited blood disorder in the world, sickle cell disease (SCD) is a known global health concern. While survival of children into adulthood has improved significantly over the last few decades in high-resource countries, substantial gaps in care…
Importance Red blood cell alloimmunization is typically associated with the transplacental transfer of incompatible fetal red blood cells into maternal circulation. Subsequent pregnancies can be affected by fetal anemia, hydrops fetalis, and perinatal death. Most cases of Rhesus D (RhD) alloimmunization…
Importance Pertussis, or whooping cough, is caused by the Bordetella pertussis bacterium. It induces prolonged cough in all age groups and is a severe, life-threatening disease in young infants. Observations In an online workshop organized by the International Bordetella Society on November 12, 2024,…
Importance Harmonization of neuropsychological assessment for vascular cognitive impairment and dementia (VCID) is important for ensuring the highest standards and consistency of diagnosis. A battery proposed in 2006 by the National Institute for Neurological Disorders and Stroke and the Canadian Stroke…
Importance Primary care provides a broad service range, including preventive screenings and chronic disease care. Busy clinicians frequently select which health care processes to address per visit based on time or perceived disease impact, especially for patients with multimorbidity. Little evidence…
Importance Optimizing insulin therapy for patients with type 2 diabetes can be challenging given the need for frequent dose adjustments. Most patients receive suboptimal doses and do not achieve glycemic control. Objective To examine whether a voice-based conversational artificial intelligence (AI) application…
Importance Type 2 diabetes (T2D) is one of the most prevalent chronic diseases in the world. Insulin titration for glycemic control in T2D is crucial but limited by the lack of personalized and real-time tools. Objective To examine whether an artificial intelligence–based…
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