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Adolescent-Centered Sexual and Reproductive Health Communication

This JAMA Insights explores how clinicians can effectively communicate person-centered health care information to adolescents regarding sexual and reproductive health, contraception, and sexually transmitted infection testing and treatment.

Chest Pain in a Middle-Aged Man

A man in his mid-50s presented with chest pain lasting 30 minutes. The initial electrocardiogram showed type A preexcitation syndrome, with obvious ST-segment depression in leads V3 through V5 and positive delta wave. What would you do next?

Bilateral Retinal Nerve Fiber Layer Thickening in a Middle-Aged Woman

A middle-aged Hispanic woman presented for evaluation of an asymptomatic epiretinal membrane in the left eye. She had an ocular history of amblyopia in the left eye, a medical history significant for chronic neuropathy, ataxia, and myelopathy of unknown etiology,…

Drug-Coated Balloons for the Treatment of Coronary Artery Disease – A Review

Importance  Drug-coated balloon (DCB) angioplasty has emerged as an alternative to drug-eluting stent (DES) implantation for percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in patients with coronary in-stent restenosis (ISR) as well as de novo coronary artery disease. Observations  DCBs are balloons coated with antiproliferative…