Microbes and Molecules
Jon-Emile Kenny MD
Faculty Peer Reviewed
With the recent sensory overload regarding swine flu, I’ve spent considerable time pondering our immune system – and what …
Microbes and Molecules
Jon-Emile Kenny MD
Faculty Peer Reviewed
With the recent sensory overload regarding swine flu, I’ve spent considerable time pondering our immune system – and what …
Aditya Matoo MD
Faculty Peer Reviewed
The New York Times was on our case again this week reminding us (meaning Americans) of our poor lifestyle habits. They reported that middle-aged Americans …
Kathir Palanisamy MD
Faculty Peer Reviewed
Let’s start the week with an update about the swine flu before turning our attention to tuberculosis. The New York Times reported on 6/5/09 that …
Jessica Lambert MD
Faculty Peer Reviewed
One hot topic making news this week is government spending on substance abuse, addiction and its consequences, both medical and legal. As reported in The …
Michael Chen MD
Faculty Peer Reviewed
We’ve all seen the now almost omni-present ads on TV, in newspapers and magazines, and especially on the MTA subways: the image of a woman …
Marsha Laufer MD
Faculty Peer Reviewed
“Disruption, Disruption, Disruption.” This was the title of the plenary session at last week’s SGIM meeting in Miami, Florida. What does this mean? What image …
Eunice Kang MD
Faculty peer reviewed
It seems that attention-grabbing headlines about swine-origin influenza A (H1N1) have finally ceased to dominate the news. On May 8, 2009 the New York Times …
Daewha Benjamin Hong, MD
Faculty Peer Reviewed
According to the New York Times, a genetic sequencing company called Knome is holding a charity auction on E-Bay with the winner to receive …