August 18, 2010
Faculty Peer Reviewed
A 31-year-old woman presents to the clinic with chronic fatigue. She was diagnosed with iron deficiency anemia when she was 25 years old and has since taken oral contraceptives to limit bleeding during menstruation which she…
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Posted in Diseases 2.0, GI
August 4, 2010
Faculty Peer Reviewed
Case: A 75- year-old non-smoking male with a history of type II diabetes, hypertension and hyperlipidemia comes to clinic with several months of stable anginal chest pain provoked by ten blocks of exercise with no…
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Posted in Diseases 2.0
May 12, 2010
Jeffrey Mayne MD
Faculty peer reviewed
Dr. Okonkwo’s post this past summer to PrimeCuts summarized ongoing research in Alzheimer’s Disease (AD), the most common cause of dementia affecting 15 million individuals worldwide and more than 5 million in the United States. It…
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Posted in Diseases 2.0, Neuro
September 18, 2009
Diseases 2.0 – Bringing you the latest updates on disease pathophysiology and treatment
Rachana Jani MD
Faculty peer reviewed
Rheumatoid arthritis is a well-recognized but enigmatic disease afflicting the lives of thousands of individuals each year. The mysterious nature of RA has become…
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Posted in Diseases 2.0, Rheumatology
August 26, 2009
Rebecca Hall MD
Faculty Peer Reviewed
Diseases 2.0 – Bringing you the latest updates on disease pathophysiology and treatment
Patient S.J. is a 36 year old female with a 20 year history of lupus and lupus nephritis now with end stage renal disease…
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Posted in Diseases 2.0, Renal
February 5, 2009
Diseases 2.0 – Bringing you the latest updates on disease pathophysiology and treatment
Commentary by Andrew McKinstry MD PGY-1
Faculty Peer Reviewed
For anyone who has stepped into an ICU, the septic patient is a familiar sight. Despite advances in research and management, including…
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Posted in Diseases 2.0, Pulmonary/Critical Care
September 4, 2008
Commentary by Joshua Lee MD, Ellie Grossman MD and Marc Gourevitch MD, NYU Division of General Internal Medicine
Please also see Part 1 of this series, posted last week
Alcohol treatment in primary care: evidence for effectiveness and neharmacotherapies
Brief interventions by primary care physicians…
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Posted in Diseases 2.0
August 27, 2008
Commentary by Joshua Lee MD, Ellie Grossman MD and Marc Gourevitch MD, NYU Division of General Internal Medicine
Substance abuse remains a leading cause of disease and mortality in the US, yet it is rarely addressed in general practice settings. In…
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Posted in Diseases 2.0
August 1, 2008
Class act is a feature of Clinical Correlations written by NYU 3rd and 4th year medical students. These posts focus on evidenced based answers to clinical questions related to patients seen by our students in the clinics or on the…
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Posted in Class Act, Diseases 2.0, Endocrine
July 3, 2008
Diseases 2.0 – Bringing you the latest updates on disease pathophysiology and treatment
Commentary By David Goldfarb, M.D. Professor of Medicine, NYU Medical Center, Chief Nephrology Section VA New York Harbor
At the recent meeting of the National Kidney Foundation in Dallas,…
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Posted in Diseases 2.0, Renal
March 5, 2008
Diseases 2.0 – Bringing you the latest updates on disease pathophysiology and treatment
Commentary by Aaron Lord MD, PGY-1
A 39 year-old woman awakes one morning and notices that the left side of her face is droopy. While at work, she has…
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Posted in Diseases 2.0, Neuro
