By Taher Modarressi
Faculty Peer Reviewed
Measles remains one of the leading causes of preventable child mortality worldwide, despite the development of an effective vaccine in the 1960s. Even as …
Author: Neil.Shapiro@nyulangone.org
Clinical Correlations
Primecuts – This Week In The Journals
September 13, 2010
By Karin Warltier, MDÂ
Faculty Peer Reviewed
 This past Thursday the US Court of Appeals ruled that the federal financing of embryonic stem cell research could continue while the court …
Tales of Survival: Snapshots of Bellevue at Night
September 10, 2010
Christopher Tully, MD
Bellevue is a beast. I’m not sure if there is any other way to describe it. The corridors feel as if the streets of New York City have spilled into its sprawling confines as …
Primecuts – This Week In The Journals
September 7, 2010
By Gopi Nayak, MD
Faculty Peer Reviewed
This week as Labor Day weekend marks the end of summer, President Obama calls for major spending on public works to jump-start …
An Immigrant’s Story at Bellevue
September 3, 2010
By Synphen H. Wu, PhDÂ Â
Faculty Peer Reviewed
Mr. C is a 46-year-old Chinese immigrant restaurant worker who came to Bellevue Hospital after two weeks of fatigue, malaise, right …
The Heart in Acromegaly
September 1, 2010
By Ari Pollack, MD
Faculty Peer Reviewed
The onset of acromegaly is subtle, and its progression is usually very slow. In fact, the usual interval from the onset …
Primecuts – This Week In The Journals
August 30, 2010
By Han Na Kim, MD
Faculty Peer Reviewed
In the national news, a ruling came from Washington DC that shocked NIH scientists and researchers across the nation’s universities. Chief …
Myths and Realities: Heart and Wine
August 26, 2010
By Aditya Mattoo, MD
Faculty Peer Reviewed
Not too long ago, a patient came to my clinic and said (I’m paraphrasing of course), “I never cared for alcohol, doctor, …