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NYU in Haiti

January 24, 2010

In response to the devastating earthquake in Haiti, physicians, nurses, and staff at NYU Langone Medical Center came together to form the Haitian Effort and Relief Team (NYULMC HEART). On Friday, January 22, 2010, the first group of HEART volunteers arrived in Haiti to provide surgical services and support at General Hospital in Port-au-Prince. Fritz Francois, MD, Assistant Dean for Academic Affairs and Diversity at NYU, is sharing his group’s experience in a compelling blog that puts this tragedy into real perspective.

Read the NYULMC…

Breaking News: Begin Cervical Cancer Screening at 21 Says ACOG

November 20, 2009

Joshua Strauss, MD

In the second decision of its kind and magnitude in a matter of days, a major medical group has again recommended cutting back on cancer screening for women. On the heels of Monday’s USPSTF release on reducing mammography, newly revised evidence-based guidelines regarding cervical cancer screening were issued today by The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) and published in the December issue of Obstetrics & Gynecology.

The new guidelines, “based on good and…

Breaking News: Initiate Mammography Screening at 50, not 40, Says USPSTF.

November 17, 2009

Aalok Turakhia, MD

As the debate over when to begin screening mammography in women rages on, the United States Prevention Service Task Force (USPSTF) added fuel to the fire by releasing a new recommendation statement in the November 17th issue of the Annals of Internal Medicine. Applying to women aged ≥40 who are not at an increased genetic risk or have had chest irradiation, the USPSTF now recommends biennial screening in women between ages 50-74. In February 2002, the task force first recommended that annual…

Clinical Correlations Awarded Gold eHealthcare Leadership Award

November 11, 2009

We are very excited to announce that Clinical Correlations has been awarded the 2009 Gold eHealthcare Leadership Award. This awards program, now in it’s tenth year, is the largest web-oriented awards program that is focused exclusively on healthcare. The program attracts over 1100 entrants. Clinical Correlations won this award in the Best Health/Healthcare Content-Physician/Clinician Focused Site category. To win this prestigious award as we celebrate our third anniversary is a tremendous accomplishment. Thank you to all our editors and authors who have continued…

Breaking News: FDA issues new warning for Exenatide (Byetta®)

November 5, 2009

Kanika Ballani, Pharm.D.
Diana Hubulasvili, Pharm.D.

Developed by Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Exenatide (Byetta®) is an incretin mimetic that is used as an adjunctive therapy with metformin, a sulfonylurea or a thiazolidinedione to improve glycemic control in type 2 diabetic patients. Mechanistically, Exenatide mimics the actions of endogenous incretin hormone, glucagon-like peptide (GLP-1), causing an increase in insulin secretion which slows gastric emptying and leads to a decrease in food intake. On November 3rd 2009, the FDA issued a safety warning on Exenatide associating…

Breaking News: Federal Advisory Panel Recommends Ban on Vicodin and Percocet

July 1, 2009

Aalok Turakhia MD

In an attempt to err on the side of safety, an advisory panel to the Federal Food and Drug Administration narrowly voted yesterday to ban the popular prescription pain medications Percocet and Vicodin, in a 20-17 vote.Both medications are a combination of a narcotic and acetaminophen, and according to the New York Times, it was a growing concern over the safety of acetaminophen that prompted the Drug Safety and Risk Management Advisory Committee to assemble in Adelphi,…

Clinical Correlations Now Indexed in TRIP Database

May 29, 2009

We are excited to formally announce a new feature of Clinical Correlations. A search box (bottom right of the page) now allows our readers to carry out a direct search of the TRIP Database.

The TRIP Database, now in its 12th year, is an excellent search engine with a focus on providing clinicians with the best available evidence to answer their clinical questions, in keeping with the mission of Clinical Correlations. The TRIP Database is continuously updated with resources that use…

Breaking News: Swine Flu Reaches New York

April 26, 2009

Eunice Kang, MD

The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has confirmed eight cases of swine influenza A (A/H1N1) virus infection in New York City, in addition to a dozen cases caused by the same strain scattered throughout California, Texas, Ohio, and Kansas. The eight confirmed cases in New York are in students who just returned from a trip to Mexico, where officials began reporting three separate outbreaks of influenza-like illness beginning March 18th. According to the New York Times there have…

BREAKING NEWS: Another Nut that You’d Rather Not…

March 31, 2009

FDA ALERTS CONSUMERS TO RECALL OF PISTACHIO PRODUCTS

Commentary by Rebecca Hall MD, PGY-1

Growing concerns over Salmonella contamination of pistachio products sold by Setton Pistachio of Terra Bella Inc in California have lead the manufacturer to voluntarily recall about a million pounds of its pistachio containing products. 1 The recall involves bulk lots o f roasted shelled pistachios and roasted inshell pistachios shipped on or after September 1st 2008. 2 Because pistachios are a component of numerous other products including many baked…

Clinical Correlations voted Best Clinical Sciences Weblog of 2008

January 23, 2009

We are proud to announce that Clinical Correlations has been voted the Best Clinical Sciences Weblog of 2008 in Medgadget’s 5th annual Medical Weblog Awards. First, we’d like to congratulate all the other nominees and winners. It’s exciting to see such incredible content throughout the medical blogosphere and to share this recognition with so many others who clearly display a passion for medicine. We’d also like to sincerely thank all of our readers, writers and editors for their continued support and for making this award possible.

-the Clinical Correlations Editorial Board

Breaking News: FDA Advisory Committee Calls For Ban on Long Acting Beta Agonists in Asthma

December 12, 2008

Commentary by Denise Pate MD, PGY-1

The FDA released a 460 page document regarding the safety of long acting beta agonists (LABA) for the use of asthma, in addition to a two day advisory committee meeting this week on the call to ban LABA when used alone and not in combination with an inhaled steroid. The FDA found through a meta-analysis of 110 trials studying 4 drugs—2 LABAs, Foradil and Serevent, and 2 LABA/ICS (Inhaled Corticosteroids) Advair and Symbicort. The study found that there was…

Celebrating our second anniversary!!

December 4, 2008

Commentary by Neil Shapiro MD, Editor-in-Chief, Clinical Correlations

Two years, four hundred posts…wow, I’ve finally even impressed myself. It’s hard to believe that we’re here celebrating our second anniversary, although there are times when I feel like we’ve been working on this forever. It’s been a tremendous ride and fortunately I think over these two years we have gained some traction and some real momentum.

I’ve frequently been accused of not being more patient with the evolution of Clinical Correlations. In some of my colleague’s eyes, I’m…

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