By Harry Saag, MD
Peer Reviewed
Roughly one year ago the city of Boston was in upheaval after two young men set off bombs in close proximity to the city’s landmark marathon, injuring hundreds of people. One year later the city was, once again, hosting its annual run with as much pride and fervor as ever. Despite the atrocities of last year’s events, it did not deter the city of Boston from forging on stronger than ever.
Similar analogies can be made regarding progress in…
Protocol by Brandon Oberweis, MD, Senior Chief Resident
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By Arnab Ghosh, MD
Peer Reviewed
With the awakening of Spring this week, the City basks in its new growth. Wandering the streets and avenues, the parks and riversides, they resemble the concord of the natural elements, whisking the bleeding cold away for another year. Punctuated by the dance of Spring showers, the vigour of the Sun’s warmth is empowering, embracing and enhancing. And so the troubles of faraway places, in Crimea, Syria, the Central African Republic, of terrible actions befalling our world, like climate…
By Jennifer Zhu
Peer Reviewed
After the elementary school shooting in Newtown, CT in December 2012 that left 20 children and 6 adults dead, the country reacted as it had following the July 2012 movie theatre shooting in Aurora, CO, and the public meeting shooting involving Representative Gabrielle Giffords on January 11, 2011 in Tucson, AZ. Some called for tighter firearm safety laws, while others stood by the adage that “Guns don’t kill people,” and that this was no time to politicize a tragedy. The…
By Karin Katz, MD
Peer Reviewed
In 1964, Dr. Arnold Kadish used real-time glucose monitoring to adjust insulin infusion in a patient with diabetes and introduced the concept of a closed-loop system of insulin delivery. A decade later, several research groups developed closed-loop systems that linked glucose monitors with insulin pumps and determined how much insulin to deliver based on calculations from a set of algorithms . These big, bulky machines depended on intravenous routes of glucose sensing and insulin infusion. While the…
By Matthew Vorsanger, MD
Peer Reviewed
It seems that over the past week, New York has finally started to emerge from the deep-freeze of winter; and as we see the beginnings of spring, the lay press has begun to take interest in the eternal cycle of renewal. In particular, news has focused on the rapidly-expanding technology of 3D printing and the inroads it has been making into the science of organ growth . When combined with these versatile devices, harvested and cloned cells can be…
Please enjoy this post from the archives dated September 23, 2011
By Santosh Vardhana, MD
A 36-year-old obese male with hypertension and hyperlipidemia presents to the ER with new knee pain, swelling, and erythema. Joint aspiration reveals negatively birefringent crystals. He is started on oral prednisone.
A 26-year-old woman with lupus presents to ER with edema, hematuria, and fevers. On exam she hypertensive, febrile to 100.4C, and has periorbital and lower extremity edema. Urine dipstick reveals 2+blood and protein. She is started on IV methylprednisolone.…
By Jennifer Mulliken, MD
Peer reviewed
The Eiffel Tower, an historic symbol of industry and science in France, celebrates its 125th anniversary this week. On March 31st, 1889, the first visitors ascended by foot to the top of the tower – 1,710 steps – as the lifts had not yet been completed. In May of the same year, the Eiffel Tower made its official debut at the World’s Fair in Paris, marking the 100-year anniversary of the French Revolution. Originally standing at 984 feet, it…
