Jenny Gartshteyn, MD
Faculty Peer Reviewed
It’s the week of July 4th 2012, people gather on the boardwalks and rooftops, fireworks light up the sky – silent tribute to how far art and science have advanced since …
Clinical Correlations
The NYU Langone Health Online Journal of Medicine
Primecuts-This Week in the Journals
July 2, 2012
Alexander Volodarskiy, MD
With every new summer come hotter days, shorter nights, and the inevitable medical metamorphosis on July 1st: senior residents finally graduating and nervous, bright-eyed, bushy-tailed new interns, hearts in hand, arriving to save lives. With …
Mystery Quiz- The Answer
June 29, 2012Vivian Hayashi MD and Robert Smith MD, Mystery Quiz Section Editors
The answer to the mystery quiz is thymoma associated with myasthenia gravis. The clue to the case is the intermittent dysphagia and chewing difficulty. If one considers myasthenia in the differential, then an otherwise grossly normal appearing chest radiograph may …
Primecuts – This Week In The Journals
June 26, 2012
By Lakshmi Tummala, MD and Todd Cutler, MD
In the spirit of prevention, please wear hats and apply a generous amount of sunscreen while reading this week’s issue of primecuts.
This week the United States …
From The Archives: The Ethics of Electronic Health Records
June 21, 2012
Please enjoy this post from the archives dated January 15, 2010
John J. Mercuri
Faculty peer reviewed
Introduction
The 111th Congress allocated $19 billion of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 toward the creation …
Mystery Quiz
June 19, 2012Vivian Hayashi MD and Robert Smith MD, Mystery Quiz Section Editors
The patient is a 61 year old man admitted to the psychiatry service for depression. During the hospitalization the patient reported a three year history of dysphagia and occasional right sided chest pain not clearly associated with exertion. He first …
Ordinary yet Privileged Citizens Cannot Repeat the Mistakes of the Past.
June 14, 2012
A Commentary By Antonella Surbone MD PhD FACP, Ethics Editor on the Article Bidil: The Future of Medicine or A Return to the Dark Past?
On April 18, 2012, President Barack Obama during …
Primecuts – This Week In The Journals
June 12, 2012
By Sagar S. Mungekar, MD
Faculty Peer Reviewed
President Obama’s Affordable Care Act was in the news again this week, with proponents and opponents both voicing their opinions on how the Supreme Court should rule …