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Ethics Talk: Supply Chain Reasons Your Pharmacy Might Not Have Your Medicine

This activity is comprised of five multiple-choice questions based on the content of an AMA Journal of Ethics podcast about how critical medicine supply chains are identified and secured. The featured guest is Dr Amy Cadwallader, the director of regulatory…

Opioid Use: A Prevention Approach

Viewed through an evidence-based lens, opioid use disorder (OUD) is a treatable, chronic medical condition. But one-size-fits-all policies and detoxification as a primary treatment for OUD are often, at best, ineffective and at worst, cause harm. In this episode, we…

Disparities in Access to Medication for Opioid Use Disorder

Opioid use disorder, or OUD, is a treatable medical condition. However, disparities in access to medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD) continue to be a challenge. We’ll examine disparities in access for people with disabilities, racial and ethnic variations to…

Trichomegaly Due to Panitumumab

This case report describes an adult male patient with a severe acneiform eruption on his chest and back.

A Patient With Type 1 Diabetes and Acute Rhinosinusitis

A 41-year-old with type 1 diabetes had generalized weakness, muffled voice, and slurred speech. Neck computed tomography showed soft-tissue gas in the nasopharynx and prevertebral fascia; examination of sinus mucosal samples identified numerous broad, nonseptate right-angled hyphae and fruiting bodies….

A 24-Year-Old Man With Spastic Ataxia and Hypodontia

A 24-year-old man presented with progressive gait instability, marked spinal cord atrophy, and dental radiography showing the absence of several elements, microdontia, and taurodontia. What is your diagnosis?

Cold-Induced Reflex Epilepsy

This case report describes a woman cold-induced reflex seizures.