Category: PrimeCuts

Clinical Correlations


Primecuts – This Week in the Journals

PrimeCuts 6 min read

By Jennifer Whealdon, MD

Peer Reviewed 

Prior to her passing, former First Lady Barbara Bush announced her decision to forego further aggressive interventions for her chronic medical issues and instead elected for “comfort care”, to spend the …

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Primecuts – This Week in the Journals

PrimeCuts 6 min read

By Lauren Yokomizo, MD

Peer Reviewed

One of the most underappreciated aspects of the current opioid epidemic is over prescribing in the elderly. In 2016, one in three patients on Medicare, approximately 14.4 …

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Primecuts-This Week in the Journals

PrimeCuts 9 min read

By: Brooks Crowe, MD

There was big news last week in the area of mergers and acquisitions.  Cigna, a health care insurer, plans to purchase Express Scripts, a pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) for …

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Primecuts -This Week in the Journals

PrimeCuts 8 min read

By Katharine Lawrence, MD

Peer Reviewed

On February 14th, 2018, Nikolas Cruz, a nineteen-year-old ex-high school student at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, opened fire on his classmates and teachers, …

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Primecuts – This Week in the Journals

PrimeCuts 8 min read

By Sharine Wittkopp, MD

Peer Reviewed

Winter Games are warming up Pyeongchang despite frigid temperatures. Braving 11-degree weather, the US Olympic team is the largest team any nation has ever brought to a winter Olympic …

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Primecuts – This Week in the Journals

PrimeCuts 8 min read

By Allison Guttman, MD

Peer Reviewed

Last week, Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway and JPMorgan Chase announced their intent to collaborate and establish an independent healthcare company for their employees. Although still in the …

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