LAURA H. CYPHERS

An 80-year-old man developed asymptomatic black discoloration of the dorsal surface of his tongue 1 week after hospitalization for surgical and antibiotic treatment of septic arthritis of the shoulder. He reported no prior lingual discoloration and did not smoke cigarettes, use chewing tobacco or illicit drugs, or drink alcohol. What is the diagnosis and what would you do next?
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This JAMA Patient Page describes aortic dissection, a tear in the aorta, and how it is diagnosed and treated.
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This study examines trends in childhood household income among applicants and matriculants to medical school and the likelihood of acceptance by income.
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This study assesses severe parental morbidity, cesarean deliveries, and preterm births among commercially and publicly insured trans people compared with cisgender people.
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This Medical News article discusses research presented at the recent American Academy of Neurology Conference.
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In this narrative medicine essay, a family medicine physician shares her personal story as someone who is obese and disabled. She talks about her own process of addressing stigma and bias around obesity and how she is now helping patients work toward improved physical function and overall health goals.
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This Viewpoint suggests that pediatricians’ contact with the maternal-infant dyad postpartum presents an opportunity to address the US maternal mortality crisis and its inequities.
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This Viewpoint offers strategies to help shift to plant-based diets to reduce climate change and promote individual health by encouraging patients, incorporating the environmental impact of food choices in national dietary guidelines, and adding plant-based nutrition training in medical schools.
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This study uses data collected by Australia’s vaccine safety surveillance system to examine the adverse event profile of the modified vaccinia Ankara–Bavarian Nordic vaccine.
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This JAMA Patient Page describes narcolepsy types, signs and symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment.
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