Importance Calcific aortic stenosis (AS) restricts the aortic valve opening during systole due to calcification and fibrosis of either a congenital bicuspid or a normal trileaflet aortic valve. In the US, AS affects 1% to 2% of adults older than 65…
Ob-Gyn and addiction medicine physician Tricia Wright, MD, MS, DFASAM examines cannabis use during pregnancy, including why pregnant persons might use cannabis, the effects of prenatal exposure, and how to talk with pregnant patients about cannabis use.
Physicians Samer Narouze, MD, PhD and Ali Zarrabi, MD, focus on the intersection of cannabis use and pain, reviewing the scientific literature. They also highlight adverse events and challenges to utilization of cannabis for pain.
This is part 2 of a three-part program aiming to discuss how our AMA is advancing health equity. There will be presentations and opportunities for discussion on recent progress and areas of focus in the near future. Anchored in the…
This is part 3 of a three-part program aiming to discuss how our AMA is advancing health equity. There will be presentations and opportunities for discussion on recent progress and areas of focus in the near future. Anchored in the…
This session is part 1 of a three-part program aiming to discuss how our AMA is advancing health equity. There will be presentations and opportunities for discussion on recent progress and areas of focus in the near future. Anchored in…
Importance Active surveillance (AS) has become an increasingly important option for managing low-risk and select intermediate-risk prostate cancer. Although imaging, particularly multiparametric magnetic resonance imaging (mpMRI), has emerged in the prebiopsy pathway for the diagnosis of prostate cancer, the role of…
A 20-year-old Chinese woman was experiencing fever, malaise, headache, nausea, vomiting, and neck stiffness for 2 weeks. Further examination revealed inflammation, vitritis and cystoid macular edema, tortuous dilatation of retinal venous vessels with fluorescence leakage, and hyperfluorescence in the optic…
Importance Limited availability and affordability of cancer drugs contribute to staggering disparities in cancer survival between high-income and low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). As infrastructure for cancer care rapidly develops, there is an urgent need to reduce prices and improve access…
A 65-year-old woman presented with a 2-week history of worsening, painful, right-sided neck swelling with dysphagia, odynophagia, and fever. What is your diagnosis?
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