Tori Rodriguez, MA, LPC, AHC

Finding the time to get away and relax should not be treated as a luxury, especially in the high stress work environment that is the medical field.

Health care shortages in rural areas in the United States affect an estimated 60 million people.

Matthew L. Springer, PhD, Sandhya Venugopal, MD, and Kinjan Parikh, MD, discuss the effect of e-cigarettes on cardiovascular health.

Physicians in the United States should be alert to the rise in eating disorders, as well as cardiovascular outcomes related to eating disorders.

Gregory M Marcus, MD, MAS, and Jeffrey J. Hsu, MD, PhD, discuss the effect of caffeine and energy supplements on risk for cardiovascular events.

Tamara Horwich, MD, Eugenia Gianos, MD, and Kenneth Fleisher, DDS, reflect on the link between cardiovascular disease and oral health.

Saraschandra Vallabhajosyula, MD, and Ibrahim Sultan, MD, discuss the relationship between the weekend effect and poor prognosis following cardiac emergencies.

In this Q&A, Drs Serota and Thakarar discuss the dual subspecialty of infectious disease and addiction medicine and its role in combating the ongoing opioid epidemic.