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- Investigating Zika-Microcephaly's ‘Crash’ https://www.amjmed.com/article/S0002-9343(22)00108-5/fulltext 8 comments
- The Moratorium on US Medical School Enrollment from 1980 to 2005 (2008) https://www.amjmed.com/article/S0002-9343(07)01095-9/fulltext 114 comments
- The case for being a medical conservative https://www.amjmed.com/article/S0002-9343(19)30167-6/fulltext 64 comments
- Achieving Hunter-Gatherer Fitness in the 21st Century: Back to the Future (2010) http://www.amjmed.com/article/S0002-9343(10)00463-8/pdf 66 comments
- Liver Injury Associated with Turmeric—A Growing Problem: Ten Cases from the Drug-Induced Liver Injury Network https://www.amjmed.com/article/S0002-9343(22)00740-9/fulltext 23 comments health
- Retrospective cohort study (n=1,261) found the majority of patients with long-term symptoms referred for evaluation of Lyme disease had alternative diagnoses to explain their symptoms. Suggesting that Lyme disease has often become a common scapegoat for poorly understood problems. https://www.amjmed.com/article/S0002-9343(21)00792-0/fulltext?s=09 8 comments science
- Mistaken Identity: Many Diagnoses are Frequently Misattributed to Lyme Disease https://www.amjmed.com/article/S0002-9343(21)00792-0/fulltext 5 comments science
- Current cannabis use is associated with lower resting heart rate, according to the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) Study. https://www.amjmed.com/article/S0002-9343(22)00132-2/fulltext 107 comments science
- Ohio’s Vax-a-Million lottery was successful in getting more than 100,000 additional Ohioans to get in line for the COVID-19 vaccine. Nearly 3.5 million adults and 155,000 children had registered by the end of the lottery. The incentive program cost the state about $5.6 million https://www.amjmed.com/article/S0002-9343(21)00466-6/fulltext 209 comments science
- Cancer is so expensive to treat that 42% of patients deplete their entire life's assets to afford treatment within the first 2 years, according to a new study. Patients faced higher likelihood of asset depletion with worsening cancer, continuing treatment, and increasing age. https://www.amjmed.com/article/s0002-9343(18)30509-6/fulltext 5747 comments science
- American Journal of Medicine: Americans are 10 times more likely to be killed by guns than people in other developed countries. http://www.amjmed.com/article/s0002-9343(15)01030-x/fulltext 100 comments science
- Why it costs $14,624 for a vial of rattlesnake anti-venom in the US, when it only take $14 to make the product. http://www.amjmed.com/article/s0002-9343%2815%2900781-0/fulltext 5 comments politics
- An American Journal of Medicine study has disproved the widely quoted hypothesis that guns make a nation safer http://www.amjmed.com/article/s0002-9343%2813%2900444-0/fulltext 291 comments science
- [American Journal of Medicine] The present data suggest that the number of guns per capita per country correlated strongly and was an independent predictor of firearm-related deaths http://www.amjmed.com/webfiles/images/journals/ajm/ajm12080.pdf 3 comments politics
- American Journal of Medicine: Guns Do Not Make a Nation Safer http://www.amjmed.com/webfiles/images/journals/ajm/ajm12080.pdf 57 comments science
- Marijuana use associated with lower risk of diabetes, obesity: American Journal of Medicine http://www.amjmed.com/article/s0002-9343(13)00200-3/abstract 78 comments science
- Parvovirus B19 Mimicking Epstein-Barr Virus Infectious Mononucleosis in an Adult http://www.amjmed.com/article/s0002-9343(13)00081-8/fulltext 7 comments science
- Preliminary study suggests low-dose Aspirin, already used by millions for its cardio-protective effects, may also reduce cancer mortality. http://www.amjmed.com/article/s0002-9343%2812%2900094-0/abstract 3 comments science
- I challenge anyone to find a scholarly article with a better first author. http://www.amjmed.com/article/s0002-9343(04)00519-4/abstract 44 comments reddit.com