Jeffrey Mayne MD
Faculty peer reviewed
Dr. Okonkwo’s post this past summer to PrimeCuts summarized ongoing research in Alzheimer’s Disease (AD), the most common cause of dementia affecting 15 million individuals …
Clinical Correlations
The NYU Langone Health Online Journal of Medicine
Primecuts – This Week in the Journals
May 10, 2010
Michael Tanner, MD Associate Editor, Clinical Correlations
Hemoglobin Targets in Chronic Kidney Disease
Approved by the FDA in 1989, the success of erythropoietin in patients with chronic kidney disease and transfusion-dependent anemia led to trials …
Revisiting the USPSTF Breast Cancer Screening Guidelines: Ethics, and Patient Responsibilities
May 6, 2010
David Shabtai
Faculty Peer Reviewed
In a bold move, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recently changed their breast cancer screening guidelines – recommending beginning screening at age 50 and even then only every other …
Primecuts-This Week in the Journals
May 3, 2010
The 21st Running of the City of Pittsburgh Marathon
Michael Ford, MD
Faculty Peer Reviewed
I am filing this dispatch from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. A former home of steel, bratwurst, Iron …
Physician Assisted Suicide: A Spiritual Challenge
April 30, 2010
Commentary on last week’s “Physician Assisted Suicide—Is now the time?” by Antonella Surbone, MD PhD FACP, Ethics Editor, Clinical Correlations.
Last week’s piece on Physician Assisted Suicide (PAS) by Dr. Juliana Eng addresses in …
Motivational Interviewing: Can You Really Change Behaviors?
April 27, 2010
Emily Stamell
Faculty peer reviewed
As a well-trained fourth year medical student, I inquire about smoking habits as part of almost all my patient encounters. Yet, I do not recall properly …
Primecuts: This Week In the Journals
April 26, 2010
Bora Toklu, MD
Faculty Peer Reviewed
As the spring is phasing in, it’s again that time of the year when an uncomfortable guilt sets in as you recover from the sedentary …
Physician-assisted Suicide – Is Now the Time?
April 24, 2010
Juliana Eng MD
Several months ago, the U.K. courts ordered Ken Starmer, Director of Public Prosecutions, to delineate the conditions under which his office would be likely or unlikely to prosecute people …