Background: To evaluate prevalence of non-adherence to breast cancer screening guidelines after bedside educational intervention and informed individualized risk assessment score during an inpatient stay. Methods: A prospective intervention study was conducted among 507 cancer-free (except skin cancer) women aged 50-75 years hospitalized to a general medicine service. Study intervention included one-on-one bedside education via [...]

Case Presentation: A 51-year-old female with no significant medical history presented to the hospital after a ground-level fall with severe thoracic back pain, paresthesia, paresis of both lower extremities and urinary incontinence. Exam revealed thoracic spine tenderness, bilateral diminished sensation up to two inches above the umbilicus and 1/5 bilateral lower extremity strength. Spinal MRI [...]