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The American Heart Association/American College of Cardiology's pooled cohort equations are the current clinical standard for predicting 10-year cardiovascular disease mortality risk. However, they tend to overestimate risk, particularly in men, potentially leading to overtreatment. To address this, the AHA introduced the Predicting Risk of Cardiovascular Disease Events equations, which aim to improve accuracy by incorporating more clinical variables.

Two trials have demonstrated the remarkable promise of treating basilar artery occlusions and other posterior circulation strokes with endovascular therapy.

Primary care providers (PCPs) are facing increasing levels of burnout — a syndrome marked by emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and reduced personal accomplishment. Although physicians have long found purpose in their work, modern challenges like administrative overload, excessive patient loads, and systemic inefficiencies are reshaping the landscape.

This analysis of the Nulliparous Pregnancy Outcomes Study — Monitoring Mothers-to-be cohort reveals that socioeconomic inequities during pregnancy significantly increase a woman’s long-term risk for cardiovascular disease.

Ethics education in medical school typically begins with theoretical frameworks and hypothetical case studies in the early preclinical years. As clinical responsibilities increase, students often experience a decline in formal ethics instruction. However, there is a way to fight against ethical erosion.

Spinal cord compression is a medical emergency requiring rapid diagnosis and intervention to prevent permanent neurologic deficits. Diagnosing this condition can be challenging, as low back pain is a common complaint, but only a small percentage of cases result from spinal cord compression.

A nursing team at Methodist Hospital in San Antonio, Texas, revised the Situation, Background, Assessment, and Recommendation handoff process between the emergency department and telemetry unit. It led to a few key improvements.

Emerging research suggests that metabolic health, particularly insulin resistance and mitochondrial dysfunction, plays a crucial role in the development and progression of Alzheimer’s disease.

Fractional flow reserve is the gold standard for guiding revascularization in patients with intermediate coronary stenoses, as it reduces unnecessary interventions and improves clinical outcomes. Quantitative flow ratio, an angiography-based computational method, offers a noninvasive alternative by analyzing coronary angiograms without pressure wires. Here's how they compared.

Whether citizen science projects require IRB oversight depends on their classification under the Common Rule for human subjects research. Although many citizen science projects are exempt, some conducted in collaboration with universities or nonprofits may still fall under IRB jurisdiction.

'Prevented estimated 800 hospitalizations and 60 deaths'

'Over the past year, I have watched many children die of measles'

'Measles is a nasty virus.'

Those vaccinated before infection have varying levels of protection — up to 73%.

Fired worker had sought religious exemption