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When Designs Became Interventions in Hospitals

Design is and always has been interventional and clinically relevant. Modern evidence-based designers’ lineage was prominently shaped between 1800 and 1970. This article investigates hospital designs during this period that were correlated with patients’ health outcomes and suggests how this…

Elective Surgery for People With HIV With Low CD4 Cell Count

This case report describes a man in his 60s with hypertension, deep vein thrombosis, and a recent diagnosis of HIV presented with low CD4 cell count after starting antiretroviral therapy with tenofovir alafenamide-emtricitabine-bictegravir.

Axial Spondyloarthritis – A Review

Importance  Axial spondyloarthritis is an immune-mediated inflammatory condition involving the sacroiliac joints, spine, and peripheral joints. It affects approximately 1% of adults in the US and is associated with impaired physical function and reduced quality of life. Observations  Inflammatory chronic back pain…

Allogeneic Stem Cell Donation

This JAMA Insights discusses allogenic stem cell donation, including the donation process and the effects of stem cell donation on donors.

Progressive Eyelid Lesions in a Woman With Essential Thrombocythemia

A 75-year-old woman with a history of essential thrombocythemia presented with 3 months of progressively enlarging right upper eyelid lesions. Examination revealed a thickened eyelid margin, madarosis, and erythema with some tenderness to palpation but an otherwise normal ocular examination….

Second Primary Cancer After Chimeric Antigen Receptor–T-Cell Therapy – A Review

Importance  The commercialization of chimeric antigen receptor–T-cell (CAR-T) therapy has changed the landscape of treatment of hematological cancers. Numerous studies from the early 2000s paved the way for cell-based targeted therapeutics, which have been established as practice-changing therapies in lymphoma, leukemia,…