For decades, the standard approach to a heart healthy diet has included the command to decrease consumption of “red meat”…
Fisherman’s Dilemma: Disseminated Mycobacterium Marinum in an Immunosuppressed Patient
A 54 year-old male with a history of ankylosing spondylitis on treatment with infliximab presented with a 6-month history of…
Unusual Presentation of Hepatitis E with Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia – A Case Report
Hepatitis E virus (HEV) infection affects almost 20 million individuals worldwide annually and causes acute liver injury in 3.5 million,…
Nausea, Vomiting and Refractory Hiccups: Contemplate Beyond Stomach
Gastrointestinal amyloidosis most notably occurs in the liver and small intestine. Its presentation is highly nonspecific and may include gastrointestinal…
Born this way: an elderly woman with a heart murmur
Over 1.4 million adults live with congenital heart disease- in the United States.1 Most of them were diagnosed during childhood,…
A confusing picture: Refractory encephalopathy complicating non-alcoholic steatohepatitis
A 72-year-old veteran with a past medical history of non-alcoholic steatohepatitis with compensated cirrhosis, history of grade 1 esophageal varices…
Unusual Case of Longitudinally Extensive Transverse Myelitis
The patient, a 57- year- old African American Female with prior history of positive Anti-Nuclear antibody (ANA), was admitted at…
Manifestation of Zollinger-Ellison-Syndrome with hypovolemic shock
A 63-year-old male patient presented to a secondary hospital suffering from severe epigastric pain, vomiting and mild diarrhea for the…
I Tried 6 Popular Anti-Snoring Devices. Here’s How They Did.
Plenty of devices promise to stop snoring. We found only a few that actually seem to work.