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Is DCIS Cancer or Not?

AMMD

Now, roughly 9% of breast cancer diagnoses are in women under age 45 with this percentage continually rising(1). Conventional Detection and Diagnosis Conventional medicine diagnoses about 90% of DCIS during mammograms. Women have a 13% chance of developing breast cancer in their lifetime. In 2024, I had another scare.

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PEMPix 2024 Online Case #2: Flight of Passage

PEMBlog

Bronchopulmonary sequestration Our patient was diagnosed with bronchopulmonary sequestration (BPS). 2004 Nov;49(4):302-9. Bronchopulmonary sequestration C. Lymphoma D. Congenital pulmonary airway malformation E. Tuberculosis Tap/Click here to reveal the correct answer B. of all CLMs. PMID: 442005; PMCID: PMC471015. doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2003.11.013.

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Keynote: Finding your bliss—beating physician “burnout”

Pamela Wible MD

Physician burnout describes a dangerous mix of emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and a loss of meaning in work. It’s now so common that more than half of all doctors report symptoms, with medical students , residents , and even senior clinicians feeling pushed to the brink. But is it really burnout—or something more serious? To be real.

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