A 37 year old male with a history of peptic ulcer disease presented to the emergency room with nausea and vomiting. He reported two recent episodes of syncope, but denied other associated symptoms including palpitations, hematemesis, melena, chest pain, or dyspnea. He reported recent use of marijuana, but denied use of cocaine or methamphetamines. The patient reported similar symptoms in 2006 w...

A man at my age has two options: either to reminisce about a past of which he was a part, or to dream about a future in which he will not be a part. It is difficult to resist the temptation to talk about the past, and good old days. But I would rather dream about the future, and try to imagine a world where no woman is denied her right to health. Our world of diversity Diversity was the divine ...

In 1977, Reimer and coworkers published in this journal the results of an experiment that established the basis of reperfusion therapy for patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI).1 These investigators identified a relationship between the duration of acute coronary occlusion and the magnitude of subsequent myocardial necrosis. In other words, the extent of infarct size that res...