Alexander Volodarskiy, MD
With every new summer come hotter days, shorter nights, and the inevitable medical metamorphosis on July 1st: senior residents finally graduating and nervous, bright-eyed, bushy-tailed new interns, hearts in hand, arriving to save lives. …
Vivian Hayashi MD and Robert Smith MD, Mystery Quiz Section Editors
The answer to the mystery quiz is thymoma associated with myasthenia gravis. The clue to the case is the intermittent dysphagia and chewing difficulty. If one considers myasthenia in the differential, then an otherwise grossly normal appearing chest radiograph may …
By Lakshmi Tummala, MD and Todd Cutler, MD
In the spirit of prevention, please wear hats and apply a generous amount of sunscreen while reading this week’s issue of primecuts.
This week the …
Please enjoy this post from the archives dated January 15, 2010
John J. Mercuri
Faculty peer reviewed
Introduction
The 111th Congress allocated $19 billion of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 …
Vivian Hayashi MD and Robert Smith MD, Mystery Quiz Section Editors
The patient is a 61 year old man admitted to the psychiatry service for depression. During the hospitalization the patient reported a three year history of dysphagia and occasional right sided chest pain not clearly associated with exertion. He first …
A Commentary By Antonella Surbone MD PhD FACP, Ethics Editor on the Article Bidil: The Future of Medicine or A Return to the Dark Past?
On April 18, 2012, President …
By Sagar S. Mungekar, MD
Faculty Peer Reviewed
President Obama’s Affordable Care Act was in the news again this week, with proponents and opponents both voicing their opinions on how the Supreme …
By Krithiga Sekar
Faculty Peer Reviewed
“The patient goes to bed and sleeps quietly until about two in the morning when he is awakened by a pain which usually seizes the …