Enlarge this image Alan Dambach developed tremors that caused his hands to shake uncontrollably. His condition made it difficult to work on…
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A baby acutely ill with leukemia seems like the polar opposite of a woman with Alzheimer’s disease (AD), with her slow, insidious…
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Any debate as to whether chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) is a legitimate neurological malady that affects football players is slowly being put…
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Bedside ultrasound is not yet the standard of care. But it will be.
by Janice Boughton MD April 21, 2018I just read a Clinical Problem Solving case from the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM). It was entitled “Stream of Consciousness“and…
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A patient comes to you asking, “Doc, my seizures are getting worse, I really hate the side effects of my medications, I…
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The FDA-approved concussion blood test isn’t ready for prime time
by Neha Raukar MD March 9, 2018As an emergency medicine physician, a sports medicine physician who has spent countless hours on the sideline, and a concussion researcher, I…
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Think critically about for-profit donor entities and their commitments to health
by Penci February 2, 2018At my job as a primary care doctor in a federal safety net clinic, I was given a free T-shirt to wear…
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Walking up to the admissions desk I knew the routine. I stretched out my arm for my hospital band. A name, a…