By Grace Huang, MD
Peer Reviewed
Many of us became familiar with the Ebola virus after reading Richard Preston’s fictional thriller, The Hot Zone. However, in recent months, fiction has turned to reality in West …
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Clinical Correlations
Board Exam Nightmare
June 27, 2014
By Michael Tanner, MD
The American Board of Internal Medicine compels us internists to take a 6-hour multiple-choice Maintenance of Certification exam every 10 years. I, by an accident of birth year …
A Randomized Trial of Flattery
April 1, 2014
By Michael Tanner, MD
Background
A small body of low-quality evidence suggests that flattery will get you nowhere. We, rigorously applying the tools of evidence-based medicine, set out to …
Book Review – Medicine’s Michelangelo: The Life & Art of Frank H. Netter, MD
January 24, 2014
By Matthew Vorsanger, MD
The delicate tracery of the superficial nervous system, the sweeping curves of the lobes of the liver, the bones of the skull – color coded in pastel blues, pinks, and greens. For many of us, the …
Happy Thanksgiving
November 28, 2013
Clinical Correlations will be closed for the holiday and will resume posting on Monday 12/2/13. Have a wonderful Thanksgiving and remember, please be careful with that turkey…
Primecuts – This Week In The Journals
January 22, 2013
Primecuts will return next week with the latest news in the journals.
Clinical Correlations on Hiatus
November 7, 2012
While we here at New York University-Langone Medical Center and our three hospitals, Tisch, Bellevue and the Department of Veterans Affairs New York Harbor regroup after Hurricane Sandy, Clinical …
Primecuts-Gone Fishin’
May 28, 2012
Primecuts is taking a well deserved (if we do say so ourselves) break. We will resume our regular schedule next Monday. Hope everyone had a great holiday weekend.