Lifestyle Modification and Incretin-Based Therapy for Obesity
This JAMA Insights discusses strategies for lifestyle modifications and managing adverse effects for individuals with obesity receiving incretin-based therapies for weight loss.
ABMS Lifelong Learning CME Activity
Parry-Romberg Syndrome With Concurrent en Coup de Sabre
This case report describes a young man who presented with a long history of progressive right hemifacial deformity and a streak of scarring alopecia from eyebrow to scalp.
Primary Care as a Public Utility – The Case for a Common Fund
Importance More than one-third of US adults lack access to primary care, which has increasingly become a commodity rather than the common good envisioned by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. Many states are working to bolster primary…
AMA STEPSFORWARD – Medical Assistant Professional Development – Enhance the Skills and Roles of the Care Team
This toolkit outlines the steps required to begin a medical assistant (MA) professional development program, empowering MAs to contribute more meaningfully to a physician practice. The toolkit guides readers on best practices for building a team, developing a curriculum, and…
Musical Trick Alleviating Benign Essential Blepharospasm
This case report describes a 61-year-old professional oboist whose symptoms of bilateral essential blepharospasm abated when she played the oboe or sung a musical arrangement.
State-Level Abortion Bans and the OBGYN Workforce – A Review of Current Evidence
The US Supreme Courtís June 2022 Dobbs v Jackson Womenís Health Organization (hereafter Dobbs) decision radically changed the landscape of abortion care in the US. As states enacted near-total abortion bans with limited exceptions, critically ill pregnant patients were unable…
Intralenticular Stratification in a Complicated Cataract
This case report discusses intralenticular stratification in the cataract of a boy aged 13 years with a history of familial exudative vitreoretinopathy and total retinal detachment.
Chikungunya
This JAMA Insights discusses the transmission, diagnosis, management, and prevention of chikungunya.
Cobblestoning Monomorphic Papules of the Lower Extremities
A 62-year-old Vietnamese man with a history of hepatitis B presented with a chronic, generalized pruritic rash that involved the back, trunk, and upper and lower extremities. What is your diagnosis?
Prurigo Pigmentosa Associated With Ketogenic Diet
This case report describes a man with recurrent pruritic papulovesicular eruptions who reported practicing intermittent fasting and adhering to a ketogenic diet.
