By Anjali Varma Desai, M.D
Faculty Peer Reviewed
In the news this week, former US Open champion Andy Roddick ended his tennis career while Barack Obama sought to continue his presidential career. The Democratic National …
Clinical Correlations
The NYU Langone Health Online Journal of Medicine
Fractional Excretion of Sodium (FENa): Diagnostic Godsend or Gimmick?
September 5, 2012
By Jon-Emile S Kenny, MD
Faculty Peer Reviwed
A 62- year-old man with a history of hypertension, diastolic dysfunction and chronic kidney disease is admitted 4 days after beginning outpatient treatment of community acquired pneumonia …
Primecuts – This Week In The Journals
September 4, 2012
By Devyani Kothari, MD
Faculty Peer Reviewed
In news this week, the Republic National Convention, which was held in Tampa, FL, concluded with speeches by Mitt Romney and Clint Eastwood. The final grand slam of …
Are Dentists Really Causing Infective Endocarditis?
August 29, 2012
By Jeffrey Krutoy, DDS
Faculty Peer Reviewed
Bacterial infective endocarditis is a potentially devastating disease, and while it may be an easy tradition to blame the dentist, recent research and new guidelines from the American …
Primecuts – This Week In The Journals
August 27, 2012
By Tracey Liebman, M.D.
Faculty Peer Reviewed
This week’s primecuts starts off with some other-worldly news [1]. The NASA rover, known as Curiosity, had landed on Mars on August 6 after a 352-million-mile trip from …
Should We Measure Apolipoproteins to Evaluate Coronary Heart Disease Risk?
August 24, 2012
By Navya Nair, MD
Faculty Peer Reviewed
Coronary heart disease (CHD) is the major cause of mortality worldwide.[1] Lipoproteins play a major role in the development of this disease.[2] Current guidelines advocate that low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol should be the primary target for …
From The Archives: The Role of Serologic Testing in the Diagnosis of Celiac Disease
August 23, 2012Please enjoy this post from the archives dated, August 18, 2010
By Todd Cutler
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 …
Does Stress Cause Stress Ulcers? The Etiology and Pathophysiology of Stress Ulcers
August 22, 2012
Sara-Megumi Naylor, MD
Faculty Peer Reviewed
When Warren and Marshall were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2005 for their work on Helicobacter pylori and peptic ulcer disease [1], a long-standing controversy concerning the major cause of peptic ulcers was …