Category: PrimeCuts

Clinical Correlations


Primecuts – This Week in the Journals

PrimeCuts 7 min read

By Mariya Rozenblit, MD

Peer Reviewed

The medical community suffered the loss of yet another physician by suicide when a young doctor jumped to her death in New York City last week. There is growing …

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Slow Respiration to Lower Blood Pressure

PrimeCuts 5 min read

By Omotayo Arowojolu

Peer Reviewed

Approximately 32% of American adults have high blood pressure (>140/90 mmHg),1 or hypertension, and only 54% of these individuals have well-controlled hypertension.2,3 Hypertension costs $48.6 billion each …

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Primecuts – This Week in the Journals

PrimeCuts 8 min read

By Scott Butler, MD 

Peer Reviewed

Could requiring Medicaid recipients to engage in community activities or work as a condition for eligibility improve health outcomes?  The Trump administration is planning to allow states to impose such requirements, much as they do for other programs such …

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Primecuts-This Week in the Journals

PrimeCuts 7 min read

By: Amanda Dowden, MD

This week, Alabama elected its first Democratic senate leader in 25 years, as democrat Doug Jones beat Republican Roy Moore in Alabama’s Senate Race. In local NYC news, in the wake of the opioid epidemic the Bronx opens a …

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PrimeCuts – This Week in the Journals

PrimeCuts 8 min read

By Gregory Rubinfeld, MD

Peer Reviewed

Manhattan enjoyed its first snow of the season and in its wake New Yorkers trudge carefully through the slick and slush covered streets[1]. On a somber note, tragedy grips …

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PrimeCuts – This Week in the Journals

PrimeCuts 9 min read

By Alexander Jordan, MD

Peer Reviewed

Love has won another hard-fought victory! In Australia, nearly 13 million people took part in a national survey held on marriage equality, with 61% voting in …

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