Prevention of Anal Cancer in High-Risk Individuals
This JAMA Insights examines the treatment and rising prevalence of anal cancer in the US in high-risk groups, including people with HIV and immunosuppression associated with solid organ transplant.
ABMS Lifelong Learning CME Activity
Monilethrix
This case report describes sparse, unruly, fragile, and easily breakable hair, with patchy alopecia with diffuse follicular papules throughout the scalp as well as short hair with an alternation of darker elliptical nodes, with paler nonmedullated paler internodes giving a…
Dialysis Facility Staffing Ratios and Kidney Transplant Access Among Adolescents and Young Adults
Importance Patient to staff ratios vary across US dialysis facilities and have been associated with patient outcomes in older adults. Objective To determine whether patient to nurse or patient to social worker staff ratios are associated with access to kidney transplant for…
Hairy Kidneys and Sclerotic Bone Lesions
A 72-year-old man with a history of polycythemia vera (positive for JAK2 V617F) presented with several months of functional decline and weight loss. An 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography showed soft tissue infiltrates and sclerosis of the perirenal spaces with…
Social Media and Suicide Risk in Youth
Importance Youth, parents, educators, and policymakers are concerned about the potential relationship between social media use and negative mental health outcomes, including risk for suicidal thoughts and behaviors. Observations Current research shows complex and conflicting relationships between social media use and suicide…
Electrocardiogram Intricacies in a Patient With Prostate Cancer—The Heart of the Matter
This case report describes the electrocardiagram findings of a patient in their 60s with chest tightness and dyspnea, left ventricular systolic impairment, and elevated troponin I levels.
Guideline-Directed Medical Therapy Intolerance in Heart Failure
This Teachable Moment discusses guideline-directed medical therapy intolerance in a woman in her 80s with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction and transthyretin amyloid cardiomyopathy.
Peptic Ulcer Disease – A Review
Importance In the US, peptic ulcer disease affects 1% of the population and approximately 54 000 patients are admitted to the hospital annually for bleeding peptic ulcers. Observations Approximately 10% of patients presenting with upper abdominal pain in a primary care setting have…
Ovarian Aging and Fertility
This JAMA Insights discusses ovarian aging and provides strategies to address infertility due to ovarian aging.
Preventing Cannabis Use Among Minors
As more states legalize, decriminalize, or otherwise increase access to cannabis for adult populations, there are also potential health implications for children and adolescents. Maria H. Rahmandar, MD, physician at Northwestern’s Feinberg School of Medicine, explores the risk factors, screening…
