Improving Patient Comprehension Through Explanatory Communication
This JAMA Insights illustrates how explanatory communication strategies can help improve patient comprehension, including adherence to treatment recommendations and self-management.
ABMS Lifelong Learning CME Activity
Annular Eroded Plaque With Honey-Colored Crusting On Scrotum
A man in his 40s presented with a dry erythematous, annular plaque with focal erosion and a collarette of desquamative, honey-colored crusting on the scrotum. What is your diagnosis?
HistotripsyóA Novel and Intriguing Technique of Liver Ablation
This article discusses the use of histotripsy as a noninvasive method for tumor ablation that involves mechanical destruction of tissues without the generation of heat, resulting in accurate and precise treatment without surrounding tissue damage.
Palpitations After Transcatheter Atrial Septal Defect Closure
This case report discusses a complication of transcatheter secundum atrial septal defect closure.
A Large Sinonasal Mass in a Male Patient
A 59-year-old patient experienced months of progressively worsening left nasal obstruction. Physical examination revealed a papillomatous-appearing mass completely occupying the left nasal cavity. What is your diagnosis?
Luxated Globe at BirthóA Vision-Threatening Emergency
This case report discusses a diagnosis of globe luxation at birth resulting from instrumental vaginal delivery.
Skin Discoloration After Iatrogenic Fluorescein Dosing Error
This case report describes a diagnosis of iatrogenic fluorescein dosing error in a girl aged 10 months who presented for routine fluorescein angiography examination in the setting of incontinentia pigmenti.
Retinopathy After Epiretinal Membrane Peeling
This case report describes a diagnosis of maculopathy associated with mechanical trauma from epiretinal membrane peeling in a man aged 84 years.
Looking Beyond and Behind a Retinal Detachment
A 63-year-old woman with a history of type 1 diabetes presents with gradually progressive vision loss in the right eye for the past year. What would you do next?
Differential Legal Protections for Biologics vs Small-Molecule Drugs in the US
Importance Biologics approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) receive 12 years of guaranteed protection from biosimilar competition compared with 5 years of protection from generic competition for new small-molecule drugs. Under the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act, biologics are…
