This article draws a parallel between ethical reasons why people alive today have obligations to members of future generations and ethical reasons why physicians have obligations, besides helping improve patients’ quality of life, to help some patients confront their own…
Is there an important ethical difference between a global catastrophe that causes human extinction and one that does not? This commentary on a case introduces 3 approachesóequivalence, further-loss, and pro-extinctionistóin responding to this question. In particular, focus is placed on…
This case report describes a man in his 40s who presented to the emergency department with reported palpitation and breathlessness for the preceding 2 hours.
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…
This JAMA Insights discusses the evidence related to the US Surgeon General’s Advisory on alcohol and cancer risk.
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.
A 78-year-old man with a history of nonmelanoma skin cancers presented with left-sided upper and lower facial weakness. What is your diagnosis?
Importance The safety and efficacy of intravenous thrombolytics beyond 4.5 hours after ischemic stroke onset remain inadequately studied. Objective To evaluate the safety and efficacy of intravenous alteplase administered 4.5 to 24 hours after stroke onset in patients with salvageable brain tissue,…
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,…
This case report describes a 61-year-old man with alcohol use disorder who presented with altered consciousness and vision loss after ceasing alcohol consumption.
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