By Chesda Eng, MD, PGY-1
Faculty Peer Reviewed
Valentine’s Day has come and gone, but Cupid’s influence lingers. Couples were out and about this week in New York City enjoying a …
By Chesda Eng, MD, PGY-1
Faculty Peer Reviewed
Valentine’s Day has come and gone, but Cupid’s influence lingers. Couples were out and about this week in New York City enjoying a …
By Carolan Hass, Class of 2012
Faculty Peer Reviewed
Cigarettes remain an anathema to many physicians. Like so many unhealthy behaviors over which …
By Mary Whitman, MD
Faculty Peer Reviewed
Clinical question: What should the medical work-up be for an adult newly diagnosed with uveitis?
Uveitis, defined as intraocular inflammation of the eye, …
By Kara Greenwald, MD
Faculty Peer Reviewed
Good morning. As the snow melts away from New York City and the sun can once again shine on the city streets that we …
Vivian Hayashi MD and Robert Smith MD, Mystery Quiz Section Editors
The answer to the mystery quiz is pulmonary artery aneurysm. The chest CT shows a very round lesion in the left lower lobe with possible surrounding ground glass opacity. This perfectly round shadow suggests a vascular …
By Michael Ford, MD
Faculty Peer Reviewed
“Blood Count”
2.65 x 10[13]
# of erythrocytes in circulation, assuming Hematocrit 45%[1]
120
Lifespan in days of an erythrocyte[2]
2.5 million
# …
By Lee Rasamny
Faculty Peer Reviewed
For thousands of years, humans have been fascinated with the idea of slowing and perhaps even reversing the process of aging. From Ponce de León to modern research into …
By Santosh Vardhana
Faculty Peer Reviewed
After the greatest professional sporting day of the year, count on Primecuts to bring football and medical …