This randomized trial reports that in patients with proliferative diabetic retinopathy, ranibizumab treatment resulted in visual acuity that was noninferior to panretinal photocoagulation treatment at 2-year follow-up.
This randomized trial of patients who had no history of migraines compared incidence of migraine attacks between those who used aspirin plus clopidogrel vs aspirin plus placebo for 3 months after undergoing transcatheter atrial septal defect closure.
This randomized trial assesses the long-term clinical outcomes with intravascular ultrasound–guided drug-eluting stent implantation vs those with angiography-guided implantation in Korean patients with long coronary lesions.
This population epidemiology study uses data from the Demographic Health Surveys Program to determine the prevalence, distribution, and change over time of body mass index lower than 16 among women in low- and middle-income countries from 1993 through 2012.
This observational study uses the National Cancer Data Base to compare the number and stage of cervical cancer cases diagnosed in young women before and after expansion of Affordable Care Act Dependent Coverage.
This Viewpoint discusses ways in which countries can help safeguard the rights and health of refugees, asylum-seekers, and forced migrants.
In the Viewpoint, Victor J. Dzau, MD, lays out the National Academy of Medicine’s future in advance health and health care nationally and globally.
This Viewpoint discusses the structure of the generic drug market in the United States and 3 different approaches that could stabilize it.
This Viewpoint discusses a learning system framework developed by the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation to manage changes across multiple health systems in complex delivery and payment settings.
This narrative review summarizes current thinking about the diagnosis and treatment of distal symmetric polyneuropathy.
A 55-year-old woman presented with a generalized erythematous maculopapular rash after receiving breast cancer chemotherapy. She was afebrile and had no constitutional symptoms; laboratory evaluation revealed pancytopenia, and a computed tomography scan showed no metastasis. What would you do next?
This Medical Letter review summarizes several vascular endothelial growth factor inhibitors used to treat age-related macular degeneration and diabetic macular edema.
This Medical News & Perspectives article discusses cancer immunotherapy, including its development, current applications, additional uses, and potential adverse effects.