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  • Medicine: Rheumatoid Arthritis

    Medicine: Rheumatoid Arthritis
    2026/07/16
    Today's Case A 22-year-old female with no significant past medical history presents to an urgent care center reporting 3.5 months of worsening joint pain and swelling. She states that both her hands, her right knee, and her left ankle have been bothering her and are swollen at times. Today's Reader Aryana Nazem is a 4th year medical student at the State University of New York Upstate Medical University. About Dr. Raj Dr Raj is a quadruple board certified physician and associate professor at the University of Southern California. He was a co-host on the TNT series Chasing the Cure with Ann Curry, a regular on the TV Show The Doctors for the past 7 seasons and has a weekly medical segment on ABC news Los Angeles. More from Dr. Raj ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Dr. Raj Podcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Dr. Raj on Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Dr. Raj on Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Want more board review content? ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠USMLE Step 1 Ad-Free Bundle⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Crush Step 1⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Step 2 Secrets⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Beyond the Pearls⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Dr. Raj Podcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Beyond the Pearls Premium⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠USMLE Step 3 Review⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠MedPrepTGo Step 1 Questions⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠MedPrepTGo Step 2 Questions⁠⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    28 分
  • Medicine: Infective Endocarditis

    Medicine: Infective Endocarditis
    2026/07/09
    Today's Case A 56-year-old male presents to the emergency department with complaints of fevers and chills for the past 3 weeks. Other review of systems is negative for headache, cough, shortness of breath, abdominal pain, dysuria, urinary frequency or urgency, or back pain. Vital signs reveal his temperature is 102.4°F, pulse rate is 118/min, blood pressure is 154/80 mm Hg, and respiration rate is 17/min. Physical exam is normal except for tachycardia, but otherwise regular rhythm without rubs or murmurs. The emergency room physician requests admission for the patient for sepsis secondary to suspected pyelonephritis based on the abnormal urinalysis. Today's Reader Aryana Nazem is a 4th year medical student at the State University of New York Upstate Medical University. About Dr. Raj Dr Raj is a quadruple board certified physician and associate professor at the University of Southern California. He was a co-host on the TNT series Chasing the Cure with Ann Curry, a regular on the TV Show The Doctors for the past 7 seasons and has a weekly medical segment on ABC news Los Angeles. More from Dr. Raj ⁠⁠⁠⁠The Dr. Raj Podcast⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠Dr. Raj on Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠Dr. Raj on Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠ Want more board review content? ⁠⁠⁠⁠USMLE Step 1 Ad-Free Bundle⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠Crush Step 1⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠Step 2 Secrets⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠Beyond the Pearls⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠The Dr. Raj Podcast⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠Beyond the Pearls Premium⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠USMLE Step 3 Review⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠MedPrepTGo Step 1 Questions⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠MedPrepTGo Step 2 Questions⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    37 分
  • Medicine: Ischemic Stroke

    Medicine: Ischemic Stroke
    2026/07/02
    Today's Case A 63-year-old female presents to the emergency department (ED) with sudden onset of difficulty speaking. The symptoms began approximately 1 hour earlier during dinner with family when her speech became slurred and incomprehensible. Due to her difficulty speaking in the ED, she is unable to provide additional information. Per her husband, her past medical history is notable for coronary artery disease, prior heart attack, diabetes mellitus, hypertension, breast cancer, and low back pain. Today's Reader Aryana Nazem is a 4th year medical student at the State University of New York Upstate Medical University. About Dr. Raj Dr Raj is a quadruple board certified physician and associate professor at the University of Southern California. He was a co-host on the TNT series Chasing the Cure with Ann Curry, a regular on the TV Show The Doctors for the past 7 seasons and has a weekly medical segment on ABC news Los Angeles. More from Dr. Raj ⁠⁠⁠The Dr. Raj Podcast⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠Dr. Raj on Twitter⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠Dr. Raj on Instagram⁠⁠⁠ Want more board review content? ⁠⁠⁠USMLE Step 1 Ad-Free Bundle⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠Crush Step 1⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠Step 2 Secrets⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠Beyond the Pearls⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠The Dr. Raj Podcast⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠Beyond the Pearls Premium⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠USMLE Step 3 Review⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠MedPrepTGo Step 1 Questions⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠MedPrepTGo Step 2 Questions⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    34 分
  • Subspecialties: Melanoma with Metastasis to Lymph Nodes

    Subspecialties: Melanoma with Metastasis to Lymph Nodes
    2026/06/25
    Today's Case A 79-year-old male from Laos presents to the emergency department with nodules on his left lower extremity that have been slowly enlarging and spreading up his leg for 1 year. He reports weight loss and fatigue and denies any other systemic symptoms. He had just relocated from Laos to the United States. His medical history is generally unknown and he is not on any medications. Today's Reader Jared Fehlman is an Internal Medicine Resident at Huntington Health Hospital in Pasadena, California. About Dr. Raj Dr Raj is a quadruple board certified physician and associate professor at the University of Southern California. He was a co-host on the TNT series Chasing the Cure with Ann Curry, a regular on the TV Show The Doctors for the past 7 seasons and has a weekly medical segment on ABC news Los Angeles. More from Dr. Raj ⁠⁠The Dr. Raj Podcast⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Dr. Raj on Twitter⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Dr. Raj on Instagram⁠⁠ Want more board review content? ⁠⁠USMLE Step 1 Ad-Free Bundle⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Crush Step 1⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Step 2 Secrets⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Beyond the Pearls⁠⁠ ⁠⁠The Dr. Raj Podcast⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Beyond the Pearls Premium⁠⁠ ⁠⁠USMLE Step 3 Review⁠⁠ ⁠⁠MedPrepTGo Step 1 Questions⁠⁠ ⁠⁠MedPrepTGo Step 2 Questions⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    21 分
  • Subspecialties: Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis

    Subspecialties: Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis
    2026/06/18
    Today's Case A 77-year-old male with a history of sick sinus syndrome status post pacemaker placement, ulcerative colitis, hypertension, and type 2 diabetes mellitus was referred by his primary medical doctor for jaundice and pruritus. His doctor noted newly elevated liver enzymes alkaline phosphatase (ALP) 672 U/L, total bilirubin (BR) 5.0 mg/dL, alanine aminotransferase (ALT) 77 U/L, and aspartate aminotransferase (AST) 63 U/L. When he presented to the liver clinic, his total bilirubin increased to 20 mg/dL. On review of his records, a trend of abnormal liver enzymes was noted with no prior workup. Today's Reader Jared Fehlman is an Internal Medicine Resident at Huntington Health Hospital in Pasadena, California. About Dr. Raj Dr Raj is a quadruple board certified physician and associate professor at the University of Southern California. He was a co-host on the TNT series Chasing the Cure with Ann Curry, a regular on the TV Show The Doctors for the past 7 seasons and has a weekly medical segment on ABC news Los Angeles. More from Dr. Raj ⁠⁠The Dr. Raj Podcast⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Dr. Raj on Twitter⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Dr. Raj on Instagram⁠⁠ Want more board review content? ⁠⁠USMLE Step 1 Ad-Free Bundle⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Crush Step 1⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Step 2 Secrets⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Beyond the Pearls⁠⁠ ⁠⁠The Dr. Raj Podcast⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Beyond the Pearls Premium⁠⁠ ⁠⁠USMLE Step 3 Review⁠⁠ ⁠⁠MedPrepTGo Step 1 Questions⁠⁠ ⁠⁠MedPrepTGo Step 2 Questions⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    15 分
  • Subspecialties: Paget's Disease of the Breast

    Subspecialties: Paget's Disease of the Breast
    2026/06/11
    Today's Case A 70-year-old healthy female was referred to the dermatology clinic for a crusted erythematous thin plaque on her left nipple. It has been present for 1 year and is associated with intermittent pruritis. She had seen her primary care physician for this and was prescribed a topical antifungal cream and powder. The rash has not improved. Today's Reader Jared Fehlman is an Internal Medicine Resident at Huntington Health Hospital in Pasadena, California. About Dr. Raj Dr Raj is a quadruple board certified physician and associate professor at the University of Southern California. He was a co-host on the TNT series Chasing the Cure with Ann Curry, a regular on the TV Show The Doctors for the past 7 seasons and has a weekly medical segment on ABC news Los Angeles. More from Dr. Raj ⁠⁠The Dr. Raj Podcast⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Dr. Raj on Twitter⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Dr. Raj on Instagram⁠⁠ Want more board review content? ⁠⁠USMLE Step 1 Ad-Free Bundle⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Crush Step 1⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Step 2 Secrets⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Beyond the Pearls⁠⁠ ⁠⁠The Dr. Raj Podcast⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Beyond the Pearls Premium⁠⁠ ⁠⁠USMLE Step 3 Review⁠⁠ ⁠⁠MedPrepTGo Step 1 Questions⁠⁠ ⁠⁠MedPrepTGo Step 2 Questions⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  • Subspecialties: Hepatic Sarcoidosis

    Subspecialties: Hepatic Sarcoidosis
    2026/06/04
    Today's Case A 60-year-old female with a history of type 2 diabetes mellitus, hypothyroidism, and hypercalcemia complicated by recurrent nephrolithiasis and recurrent urinary tract infections presents to the emergency department from her urology appointment with a blood pressure of 80/34 mmHg. Over the past few months, she has also experienced a 60 lb weight loss, shortness of breath, and generalized fatigue. She was admitted to the hospital where her lab tests were notable for hypercalcemia (16.6 mg/dL), elevated alkaline phosphatase (305 U/L), aspartate aminotransferase (52 U/L), alanine aminotransferase (24 U/L), and total bilirubin (0.8 mg/dL). Today's Reader Jared Fehlman is an Internal Medicine Resident at Huntington Health Hospital in Pasadena, California. About Dr. Raj Dr Raj is a quadruple board certified physician and associate professor at the University of Southern California. He was a co-host on the TNT series Chasing the Cure with Ann Curry, a regular on the TV Show The Doctors for the past 7 seasons and has a weekly medical segment on ABC news Los Angeles. More from Dr. Raj ⁠⁠The Dr. Raj Podcast⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Dr. Raj on Twitter⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Dr. Raj on Instagram⁠⁠ Want more board review content? ⁠⁠USMLE Step 1 Ad-Free Bundle⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Crush Step 1⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Step 2 Secrets⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Beyond the Pearls⁠⁠ ⁠⁠The Dr. Raj Podcast⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Beyond the Pearls Premium⁠⁠ ⁠⁠USMLE Step 3 Review⁠⁠ ⁠⁠MedPrepTGo Step 1 Questions⁠⁠ ⁠⁠MedPrepTGo Step 2 Questions⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    22 分
  • Psychiatry: Impulse Control and Conduct Disorders

    Psychiatry: Impulse Control and Conduct Disorders
    2026/05/28
    Today's Case A 10-year-old boy presents to the clinic with his parents. They describe how he refuses to accept adult authority. He is easily annoyed and often loses his temper over small disappointments. The boy has already been suspended from school after hitting a teacher who was trying to restrain him when he refused to take a test and then ran out of the classroom and toward a busy street. Today's Reader Taylor Scott is a fourth-year Honours Biology student at the University of Victoria. About Dr. Raj Dr Raj is a quadruple board certified physician and associate professor at the University of Southern California. He was a co-host on the TNT series Chasing the Cure with Ann Curry, a regular on the TV Show The Doctors for the past 7 seasons and has a weekly medical segment on ABC news Los Angeles. More from Dr. Raj ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Dr. Raj Podcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Dr. Raj on Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Dr. Raj on Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Want more board review content? ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠USMLE Step 1 Ad-Free Bundle⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Crush Step 1⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Step 2 Secrets⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Beyond the Pearls⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Dr. Raj Podcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Beyond the Pearls Premium⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠USMLE Step 3 Review⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠MedPrepTGo Step 1 Questions⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠MedPrepTGo Step 2 Questions⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    19 分