By Johanna Hase, MD
Peer Reviewed
Welcome to Gamechangers, a series that takes a critical look at the latest in medical literature to answer one important question: would the results of …
Author: Neil.Shapiro@nyulangone.org
Clinical Correlations
Primecuts – This Week In The Journals
January 17, 2017
By Scott Butler, MD
Peer Reviewed
A presidential goodbye. A contentious press conference. A salacious dossier from a British spy. It’s been quite a week.
As Republican legislators transition from symbolically voting …
Myths and Realities: Is My Cirrhotic Patient Auto-anticoagulated?
January 12, 2017
By B. Corbett Walsh, MD
Peer Reviewed
Case: A 65 year-old man with cirrhosis is admitted to the ICU for severe pneumonia. His hepatic dysfunction is chronically severe, as …
Primecuts – This Week In The Journals
January 9, 2017
By: Nancyanne Schmidt, MD
Peer Reviewed
This week, the intelligence report commissioned by President Obama on suspected hacking during the recent presidential election revealed that Russian President Vladimir …
Primecuts – This Week In The Journals
January 4, 2017
By Derek Moriyama, MD
Peer Reviewed
It is official. The members of the electoral college have cast their votes and Donald Trump will be the next President of the United …
Primecuts-This Week in the Journals
December 19, 2016
By B. Corbett Walsh, MD
Peer Reviewed
As many of us reflect on the festivities that occurred during the Department of Medicine Holiday Party this past weekend, all can agree that winter is not only coming, but that it has arrived. Earlier …
Primecuts – This Week In The Journals
December 13, 2016
By Shriram Alapaty, MD
Peer Reviewed
This week, America’s president-elect Donald Trump continued to defy expectations by selecting Mr. Scott Pruitt, a close ally of the fossil fuel industry, to head …
Primecuts – This Week In The Journals
December 8, 2016
By Robert Freilich, MD
Peer Reviewed
Levels of smoking have dropped to record lows in the United states. Per a NY Times article1, the CDC reports that smoking levels are down …