Category: Class Act

Clinical Correlations


Slow Respiration to Lower Blood Pressure

Cardiology Class Act 5 min read

Down_with_High_Blood_Pressure_(21879497191)By Omotayo Arowojolu

Peer Reviewed

Approximately 32% of American adults have high blood pressure (>140/90 mmHg),1 or hypertension, and only 54% of these individuals have well-controlled hypertension.2,3 Hypertension costs $48.6 billion each year in healthcare services, …

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When Doctors Get Personal

Class Act Ethics 4 min read

IMG_0107By Leland Soiefer

Peer Reviewed

Mrs. S sat up straight and made excellent eye contact. Her tone was pleasant. She wore a colorful yellow shirt and dark green pants, and was accompanied by her husband; her …

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The Forbidden Fruit

fruit 1.27.17By Varun Narendra

Peer Reviewed

Griffith Hughes was the first to describe the grapefruit in 1750, naming it the “forbidden fruit” of Barbados for unknown reasons. Centuries later, it seems as if he may …

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