*Department of Health Services Administration, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Puerto Rico Medical Sciences Campus, San Juan, Puerto Rico; †Cancer Control and Population Sciences Program, University of Puerto Rico Comprehensive Cancer Center, San Juan, Puerto Rico; ‡Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Puerto Rico Medical ...

ABSTRACT Introduction: Peptic ulcer is a common problem in medicine with serious impacts on the quality of life of patients. It has been shown that Helicobacter pylori infection is related with inflammatory responses of gastric mucosa. However, some patients remain asymptomatic. Sustained colonization and chronic inflammation increase the risk of gastritis and peptic ulcer. The a...

Over 30 years ago a cry rang out through the proverbial halls of academia; "The clinician scientist is an endangered species." These prophetic words have been reverberated in the ears of every specialty and every general medical organization in deafening tones. Why is the role of the clinician scientist or clinician investigator so important that this phrase has been repeated subsequently in me...

*Puerto Rico Central Cancer Registry, Cancer Control and Population Sciences Program, University of Puerto Rico Comprehensive Cancer Center, San Juan, PR, †Cancer Control and Population Sciences Program, University of Puerto Rico Comprehensive Cancer Center, San Juan, PR, ‡UPR-MDACC Partnership for Excellence in Cancer Research Program, Medical Sciences Campus, University of Puerto Rico, San Ju...

*Cancer Control and Population Sciences Program, University of Puerto Rico Comprehensive Cancer Center, San Juan, PR; †Department of Health Services Administration, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Puerto Rico Medical Sciences Campus, San Juan, PR; ‡Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Puerto Rico Medical Sciences Campus, S...

BACKGROUND Satisfaction with medical doctor (MD) has been studied as a possible motivation for trying complementary medicine. This study aimed to explore the relationship between Korean outpatients' satisfaction with their MDs and their use of traditional Korean medicine (KM). METHODS Data were drawn from the 2011 annual Korea Health Panel, a national representative sample. We analyzed the re...

RATIONALE, AIMS AND OBJECTIVES This paper applies the concepts of 'adaptive leadership', as developed by Ron Heifetz, MD, to the practice of medicine. METHODS Literature review and theory development. RESULTS Patients are complex adaptive systems facing both adaptive and technical health challenges. Technical health challenges are amenable to the simple or complicated expert-mediated techni...

On May 24, 2009, 90 men and women received the Doctor of Medicine degree from The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, representing the 35th class of physicians graduated from our institution since 1975. Of the 2,554 physician graduates of previous classes, approximately 328 (13%) are licensed to practice in Rhode Island. The purpose of this article is to introduce the graduates of...

Abbreviations: AGU: Arabian Gulf University; CMMS: College of Medicine and Medical Sciences; HS: High Secondary School; HSS: High Secondary School Science; AGU-MCAT: Arabian Gulf University Medical College Admission Test; AGUT: AGU-MCAT Total Scores; AGUE: AGU-MCAT English Test; AGUS: AGU-MCAT Science Test; AGUI: AGU-MCAT Interview; Year1 AGPA: Year1 Average Grade Point Average; Phase1: Year 1 ...