Jeffery 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
April 19, 2010
Chau Che, MD
Faculty Peer Reviewed
In the economic news this week, the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed above 11,000 for the first time since September 2008. It appears that the economy is rebounding, …
Which Thyroid Antibody Assays Should be Checked in Patients with Thyroid Disease?
April 14, 2010
Michael Chu MD
Faculty peer reviewed
Case:
A 44-year old female presented to the emergency room with complaints of a lower extremity rash and swelling. The patient had been in …
Primecuts: This Week in the Journals
April 12, 2010
Robert Gianotti, MD
Faculty Peer Reviewed
Welcome back to this week’s edition of prime cuts. For all you sports fans out there it has been filled with some exciting comebacks and …
Antimicrobial Therapy Geared at Pseudomonas aeruginosa for Bronchiectasis
April 7, 2010
Diana Hubulashvili, Pharm.D.PrimeCuts: This Week in the Journals
April 5, 2010
Ankit Parikh MD
Faculty peer reviewed
It is time for the first Primecuts of April and the signs of spring are all around us. But before we spring forward into this …
Breaking News: The Crestor Controversy
April 1, 2010
Devyani Kothari, MD
Patients are already talking about a New York Times front page article highlighting the risks associated with statin use as a preventive measure for cardiovascular events in relatively “healthy” people. The piece examines …
How Easily is Tuberculosis Spread?
March 31, 2010
Molly Cason
Faculty peer reviewed
In a city of over 8 million people, New York City has an annual tuberculosis case rate of 11.4 per 100,000 people, which is more than …