Clinical Correlations

Nephrogenic Systemic Fibrosis-An Evolving Disease Entity

October 27, 2010

Renal 5 min read

By Kevin Hsueh, MD

Faculty Peer Reviewed

In 2006 and 2007, Clinical Correlations reported on the FDA’s announcement of a link between Nephrogenic Systemic Fibrosis (NSF), a rare progressive condition identified …

Primecuts – This Week In The Journals

October 25, 2010

PrimeCuts 4 min read

By Chris Tully, MD

Faculty Peer Reviewed

As New York City begins to feel less and less like summer, and more and more like fall, Primecuts is here to welcome the …

How do you Manage the Adult with Perinatally Acquired Hepatitis B?

October 22, 2010

Clinical Questions GI ID 5 min read

Nathaniel Rosso Smilowitz, MD

Faculty Peer Reviewed

Hepatitis B virus is a DNA hepadnavirus affecting 1.25 million people in the United States and nearly 400 million worldwide. The virus is transmitted …

From the Archives – $50,000: The price of a car or the price of life?

October 21, 2010

From the Archives Healthcare Policy 5 min read

Commentary by Vlad Fridman, MD

$50,000. This is the price of a new (and cheap) model BMW, and also a price the US government is willing to spend to prolong your medically …

Primecuts-This Week in the Journals

October 18, 2010

PrimeCuts 7 min read

By: Demetrios Tzimas, MD

Faculty Peer Reviewed

While the rest of the world was watching the rescuing of “Los 33,” I was searching for love; actually, love found me! This week, …

The Doctor Versus the Google Search: How to Enrich the Provider-Patient Relationship in the Age of Internet Health Information

October 15, 2010

Class Act 7 min read

By Suzanne MacFarland, MS4

Faculty Peer Reviewed

There is a stranger in the clinic room, and it is not your patient. This stranger is a multifaceted, opinionated entity with likely conflict-of-interest. …