Patients benefit from antiplatelet therapy after coronary-artery bypass grafting (CABG) for an acute coronary syndrome. Whether the addition of ticagrelor to aspirin, as compared with aspirin alone, ...

In 2019, seven county correctional facilities (jails) in Massachusetts initiated pilot programs to provide all Food and Drug Administration–approved medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD). This ...

Many race-adjusted clinical tools have recently been scrutinized and replaced with race-neutral versions — efforts that have faced obstacles and generated contentious debate about the use of race in ...

Syphilis is one of the oldest known diseases. Approximately 209,000 cases were reported in the United States in 2023 — the highest number of reported cases since 1950 — including nearly 4000 ...

Controversy persists regarding the appropriate duration of therapy with benzathine penicillin G in persons with early (i.e., primary, secondary, or early latent) syphilis (Treponema pallidum infection ...

In this Journal feature, information about a real patient is presented in stages (boldface type) to an expert clinician, who responds to the information by sharing relevant background and reasoning ...

Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT) is an immune-mediated platelet disorder caused by antibodies that target complexes of platelet factor 4 (PF4) and heparin. HIT has been characterized as a ...

On September 27, 2024, Rwanda reported an outbreak of Marburg virus disease (MVD), after a cluster of cases of viral hemorrhagic fever was detected at two urban hospitals. We report key aspects of the ...

Dr. Leigh H. Simmons: A 93-year-old woman was evaluated by her primary care physician because of dyspnea. The patient had been in her usual state of health, which included being independent with ...

Poorly controlled hypertension is a common problem worldwide, particularly in low-resource settings. We conducted an open-label, randomized, controlled trial of a home-based model of hypertension care ...

When it comes to most new technologies, early adopters tend to be the people who know and understand the tools the best. With artificial intelligence, the opposite seems to be true.

Apple unveiled the iPhone 17 lineup at its annual September event, including its first new phone model in years—the ultra-thin iPhone Air. WSJ’s Nicole Nguyen reports from Apple headquarters in ...