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UV Nail Lamps and Cancer: A Correlation?

July 24, 2015

UV%20Nail%20Lamp By Jennifer Ng, MD

Peer Reviewed

Beauty and suffering are often thought to be intertwined. It is hard to have your cake and eat it too. In the quest for beauty, women (and men) …

A Primer on CRP and Cardiovascular Risk

July 22, 2015

Cardiology Class Act 9 min read

Heart-beat Cindy Fei, MD

Peer Reviewed

A 63-year-old woman with hypertension presents to your clinic for routine follow-up. She came across an online article regarding C-reactive protein and its purported link to heart disease, and she asks you whether she should be tested for …

Primecuts – This Week In The Journals

July 21, 2015

PrimeCuts 6 min read

primecuts 7.20.15 By Robin Guo, MD

Peer Reviewed

This week was marked by ground-breaking milestones in the fields of science and engineering, such as the awe-inspiring images of Pluto beamed from several …

Diagnostic Challenges in Latent Tuberculosis Infection: A Brief Review of Available Tests and their Appropriate Use

July 15, 2015

Clinical Questions ID Pulmonary/Critical Care 14 min read

Tuberculosis_symptoms By: Miguel A. Saldivar, MD

Peer Reviewed

“Indeterminate.” Many clinicians have expressed frustration when reading this word on a Quantiferon-TB Gold test result. The obligate follow-up question is: what is the next best …

Primecuts – This Week In The Journals

July 13, 2015

PrimeCuts 6 min read

greece By David Valentine, MD

Peer Reviewed

In a busy week, here’s some world news highlights: After a month of dramatic drops in the Chinese markets, finances have begun to stabilize, but at the …

Neurologic Complications In Infective Endocarditis: To Anticoagulate Or Not To Anticoagulate

July 10, 2015

Cardiology Class Act 7 min read

479px-Pink_tulip_flower By Shannon Chiu, MD

Peer Reviewed

The annual incidence of infective endocarditis (IE) is estimated to be 3 to 9 cases per 100,000 persons in developed countries [1-2]. Neurologic complications are the most …