Though infant mortality has continuously been targeted by health policy agendas, policies tend to place it in an individualistic and narrow frame, failing to consider and address its structural ...

“Corporatization” of health care, a process predicted decades ago, now refers to the general trend throughout the industry ...

A 19-year-old woman with a history of depression and anxiety symptoms was admitted to the hospital because of seizure, ...

Understanding today’s corporatization of U.S. health care requires seeing it from a historical perspective, as a process that began with a change in the business model of care delivery in the 1920s.

Cutaneous squamous-cell carcinoma (SCC) is primarily caused by oncogenesis mediated by ultraviolet radiation, and β-human papillomavirus (β-HPV) is believed to be a mere facilitator that is ...

A 73-year-old woman was referred to the hematology clinic for evaluation of anemia. Bone marrow biopsy revealed trilineage hematopoietic maturation with severe dyserythropoiesis. Laboratory studies ...

Risks and rewards change during the life cycle of a drug. In the innovation period, drug companies invest in developing new products but cannot sell them. Newly approved drugs initially have exclus ...

Policy discussions related to affirmative action have typically focused on its effects on education, employment, and earnings. But affirmative action may also play a role in shaping population health.

In this issue of the Journal, Aronne et al.1 report the results of a trial comparing tirzepatide and semaglutide, two drugs currently approved to treat obesity that consistently lead to reductions ...

The placement of a central venous line is an essential technique in the treatment of many hospitalized patients. This video will demonstrate the placement of a central venous catheter in the intern ...

Maintaining medicine’s commitment to excellence while remedying our failures requires distinguishing unnecessary trainee harms from necessary discomforts. Why is it so hard to make these ...

Nonrandomized observational analyses have been promoted as alternatives to randomized clinical trials. However, randomization ensures balance between groups, whereas nonrandomized studies are often ...