Commentary by Cara Litvin MD, Executive Editor, Clinical Correlations
Making headlines this week was a study published in JAMA analyzing prospective data from over 100,000 female participants in the Nurses’ Health Study for …
Month: May 2008
Clinical Correlations
Its okay to smoke…we’ll screen you
May 9, 2008
Commentary by Shrujal Baxi MD, NYU Chief Resident
One of the first things you learn about critically analyzing a medical journal piece is to go to the end and see who sponsored the …
Meeting Perspectives: American College of Cardiology, Part 1
May 8, 2008
Commentary by Rob Donnino MD, NYU Division of Cardiology
The annual meeting of the ACC was held last month in Chicago. A good number of NYU faculty and fellows either presented at …
ShortCuts-This Week in the Journals
May 6, 2008
Commentary by Sean Cavanaugh MD, Associate Editor, Clinical Correlations
More strong evidence is popping up in the journals indicating that genes might actually be important in determining disease. Who knew? Now that …
Class Act: The Polypill Panacea
May 1, 2008
Commentary by David Hatcher, MSIII (reviewed by Neil Shapiro, MD Editor-In-Chief, Clinical Correlations)
C.M. is a 68 year-old retired Caucasian male with a past medical history significant for coronary artery disease, …