Authors


Alfred A. DeLuca, Jr, MD

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Can the CDC Prevent Ebola in the US?

We trusted the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to contain Ebola. But then three health care workers got it. Wouldn't we be better off with a moratorium on flights from the Ebola hot zone?




Charles Argoff, MD, Albany Medical Center

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Final Thoughts on the Opioid Crisis and Normalizing Naloxone

The multidisciplinary panel of experts share final thoughts on strategies to normalize naloxone and decrease barriers to its obtainment and utilization.




Egil Arnesen, MD

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Elevated high-density lipoprotein cholesterol and carotid atherosclerosis

We assessed the relationship between high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol level and carotid plaque progression in 1952 men and women with preexisting carotid atherosclerosis over a period of 7 years. The HDL cholesterol level was inversely related to plaque growth. The plaques that became more echogenic during follow-up had a lower growth rate compared with those that became more echolucent. These findings suggest that HDL cholesterol stabilizes plaques and counteracts their growth by reducing their lipid content and inflammation.





Allison Mathews, PhD

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Crowdsourcing Brings Researchers and the Community Together to Cure HIV

Misinformation about clinical research, mistrust between scientists and the community, and HIV-related stigma often impede efforts to find an HIV cure.



Paul Roemer

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What Can Your EHR Do for Me?

Before purchasing an EHR, physicians need to make sure it will deliver a return on investment, and that means asking some tough questions, says guest blogger Paul Roemer.


Rami N. Khouzam, MD

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Late diagnosis of a congenital coronary anomaly

A 64-year-old woman with a history of atrial fibrillation, hypertension, and sarcoidosis presented to the emergency department with chest pain. After a positive stress test, a coronary angiogram was performed, which showed normal coronary arteries except for an anomalous take-off of the left circumflex artery from the right coronary cusp.


P. Michael Ho, MD, PhD1-3

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Medication nonadherence and adverse outcomes in CAD patients

Nonadherence to beta blockers, statins, or angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors is common (21%-29%) among patients with coronary artery disease (CAD). Patients who do not adhere to their medication regimens are at increased risk of mortality, cardiovascular hospitalizations, and revascularization procedures; thus, medication nonadherence should be a target for quality improvement interventions to maximize the outcomes of CAD patients.


Jenna Dvorin

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Upadacitinib Better than Adalimumab in Rheumatoid Arthritis

A new study of AbbVie’s original JAK1-selective inhibitor indicates that it outdoes adalimumab without sacrificing safety in rheumatoid arthritis treatment.



Srinivasan Pillai, MD

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Depression in the Elderly

Depression is a common problem among elderly patients in primary care clinics and inpatient settings.





Mark P. Jarrett, MD, MBA

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It Can't Happen Here: Examining the Odds of an Ebola Outbreak in the US

News reports on the first case of Ebola diagnosed in the US have stoked fears that we could be facing an outbreak of the disease. However, experts say that characteristics of the disease itself, plus a robust public health infrastructure, make that highly unlikely.



Lauren Thaxton, MD, MBA

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Painful Buttock Lesion in a Pregnant Woman

A 36-year-old pregnant woman at 27 weeks gestation presented to the obstetrical triage for evaluation of possible abscess due to a lesion on her buttock that first appeared 1 week ago. Since that time, it has become increasingly painful and itchy. Although she denies any systemic symptoms, her pregnancy is complicated by gestational diabetes and obesity. However, she is HIV negative and her other prenatal labs were unremarkable.



Experimental Medicine, University of Padua Medical School, Padua, Italy.

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Coronary artery disease in asymptomatic diabetic patients

We evaluated the effectiveness of the current American Diabetes Association guidelines for the detection of coronary artery disease (CAD) in asymptomatic patients with type 2 diabetes and assessed whether a more aggressive diagnostic strategy would permit detection of silent CAD at an earlier stage. The prevalence of myocardial perfusion defects and CAD in asymptomatic diabetic patients was high independent of risk factor profile, and an aggressive diagnostic approach in patients who would normally be excluded from screening permitted identification of CAD at an earlier stage, when coronary anatomy is more likely to respond to treatment.





Jane Luu, MD1

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Community-acquired MRSA pericarditis

Only 2 cases of community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) pericarditis have been reported in the English literature. Over the last 15 years, CA-MRSA has emerged as an increasingly common pathogen that is genetically and epidemiologically different from hospital-acquired MRSA (HA-MRSA).

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