By Jennifer Dong, MD
Faculty Peer Reviewed
In health news this past week, there has been a significant focus on the obesity problem in the United States as well as closer attention …
Clinical Correlations
The NYU Langone Health Online Journal of Medicine
My Chief Complaint
September 17, 2010
By Laurel Naversen Geraghty, MS4
Faculty Peer Reviewed
CC: “I’m stuck in the hospital at 9:30 p.m.”
HPI: L.G., a female G1P1 medical student immediately s/p the grueling hours and …
The Challenge of Measles Control
September 15, 2010
By Taher Modarressi
Faculty Peer Reviewed
Measles remains one of the leading causes of preventable child mortality worldwide, despite the development of an effective vaccine in the 1960s. Even as late …
Primecuts – This Week In The Journals
September 13, 2010
By Karin Warltier, MD
Faculty Peer Reviewed
This past Thursday the US Court of Appeals ruled that the federal financing of embryonic stem cell research could continue while the court reconsiders …
Tales of Survival: Snapshots of Bellevue at Night
September 10, 2010
Christopher Tully, MD
Bellevue is a beast. I’m not sure if there is any other way to describe it. The corridors feel as if the streets of New York City have spilled into its sprawling confines as patients, …
Primecuts – This Week In The Journals
September 7, 2010
By Gopi Nayak, MD
Faculty Peer Reviewed
This week as Labor Day weekend marks the end of summer, President Obama calls for major spending on public works to jump-start the economy, …
An Immigrant’s Story at Bellevue
September 3, 2010
By Synphen H. Wu, PhD
Faculty Peer Reviewed
Mr. C is a 46-year-old Chinese immigrant restaurant worker who came to Bellevue Hospital after two weeks of fatigue, malaise, right upper quandrant …
The Heart in Acromegaly
September 1, 2010
By Ari Pollack, MD
Faculty Peer Reviewed
The onset of acromegaly is subtle, and its progression is usually very slow. In fact, the usual interval from the onset of symptoms …