Chronic Stable Angina—Diagnosis and Treatment
Chronic stable angina reduces quality of life and only rarely leads to acute coronary syndrome (ACS). Treatment is lifestyle modification to manage atherosclerotic risk factors, with revascularization...
4 Touko 202124min
USPSTF Recommendation: Screening for Hypertension in Adults
Interview with John B. Wong, MD, USPSTF member and coauthor of USPSTF Recommendation: Screening for Hypertension in Adults Related Content: Screening for Hypertension in Adults The 2021 USPSTF Reco...
27 Huhti 202118min
Dual Antiplatelet Therapy After Acute Coronary Syndrome
Dual antiplatelet therapy, typically aspirin and an oral P2Y12 receptor inhibitor (clopidogrel, prasugrel, ticagrelor, cangrelor), reduces adverse events after acute coronary syndrome (ACS) but choice...
20 Huhti 202124min
Space Travel and Human Health, Part 2
Interest in space travel has increased since SpaceX's first commercial launch to the International Space Station (ISS) in May 2020 and with efforts to send humans to Mars. Serena Auñón-Chancellor, MD,...
13 Huhti 202131min
Space Travel and Human Health, Part 1
Interest in space travel has increased since SpaceX's first commercial launch to the International Space Station in May 2020 and with efforts to send humans to Mars. Jim Bagian, MD, a physician-astron...
6 Huhti 202117min
Diagnosis and Management of Transient Ischemic Attack and Acute Ischemic Stroke
Shyam Prabhakaran, MD, chairman of neurology at the University of Chicago, discusses the diagnosis and evaluation of patients who present with transient ischemic attack (TIA) and stroke. Related Artic...
1 Huhti 202125min
Semaglutide for Weight Loss
Semaglutide has recently been shown to induce clinically significant weight loss in patients with obesity that is sustained for as long as the drug is given. Tom Wadden, PhD, from the University of Pe...
23 Maalis 202143min
A Simple Way to Understand Statistical Multiple Comparison Procedures
Performing repeated statistical comparisons on data can result in false-positive findings. Jing Cao, PhD, associate professor of statistics at Southern Methodist University, explains problems that can...
9 Maalis 202116min
