Florida was the fastest growing state in the United States in 2024, and it has the third highest state population in 2026. We reviewed health challenges related to rapid population growth, insurance coverage gaps, underinvestment in public health, policy trends, and the high proportion of older adults to assess Florida’s…
Objectives: The opioid epidemic has increasingly affected the U.S. population, posing significant public health challenges. We aimed to examine factors associated with opioid use disorder (OUD) among hospitalized adults in the United States using a multilevel modeling approach and to identify distinct patterns of co-occurring clinical conditions using latent class…
Objective: The South Carolina Department of Public Health (SCDPH) Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (PDMP) is used to monitor the prescribing patterns of controlled substances, including opioids and stimulants. Data collected by the National Center for Health Statistics show that the number of drug overdose deaths involving opioids and stimulants has…
Since 1999, the United States has experienced more than 920,000 opioid-related deaths, with 36.5% occurring in the Southern Census Region of the United States, accounting for 36.5% of total deaths.1 To place this burden in perspective, opioid-related deaths during this period approach the total number of US military deaths across…
Objective: The objective of this study was to evaluate the impact of the stress intervention Docs for Dinner on factors related to physician disengagement and professional isolation. Methods: A specifically designed survey was distributed to physicians who had participated in the program. Results: The results indicate that physician participants found…
Objectives: In this study, we aimed to characterize the landscape of the literature and describe lower urinary tract symptom (LUTS) care experiences using the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality’s (AHRQ’s) patient experience framework, describe the characteristics of the studies, and identify critical knowledge gaps. Methods: We performed a systematic…
Objectives: This study aimed to assess the impact of delivering a fellow-led educational presentation on human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) health to medical trainees as a strategy of interprofessional education and recruitment in HIV medicine and infectious diseases. Methods: Between July 2024 and April 2025, at the University of Texas Southwestern…
Objectives: Internal Medicine (IM) clerkships are a core clinical experience in medical school where third-year students (MS3s) learn and apply their medical knowledge to patient care. How students approach learning from direct patient care is shaped by their team environment, notably their attending physicians. Less, however, is known about how…
Persistent left superior vena cava (PLSVC) is the most common thoracic venous anomaly, occurring in 0.3% to 0.5% of the general population and in 10% of patients with congenital heart disease. Historically considered benign, PLSVC is increasingly recognized for its clinical significance in the fields of interventional cardiology, electrophysiology, and…
Caution is warranted in interpreting AI-synthesized outputs until high-quality literature is more equitably available for AI training, even as the technology is improving.
This recurring motif in medical history reveals an important truth about the current framework of clinical research and statistical inference-namely, that it is imperfect and heavily reliant on foundational assumptions.
In the May 2026 issue of Southern Medical Journal, the article by Kumar et al,1 “Therapeutic Approach to Heart Failure Management: Insight from Clinical Trials” one of the author’s name was incorrectly spelled in the article byline as “Emily Ruggerio”. The correct spelling should be Emily Ruggiero. The authors apologize…
Membership grants access to journals, courses and a slew of premium benefits.
Please consider supporting us by choosing an option below:
View Membership Options Make A Tax-Deductable Donation
No Thanks, take me to the site and don't show me this again.