By Joseph Plaksin
Peer Reviewed
Falls are a major health problem for older adults. Various reviews and meta-analyses have estimated that 30% of people over age 65 [4,6,8,10,11,13,14,19,21,22,23] and 50% of people over age 85 [14] who live in the …
Author: Neil.Shapiro@nyulangone.org
Clinical Correlations
It Was Almost Called the Cylinder (& Other Who-Knew Facts about the Stethoscope)
October 10, 2014
By Cindy Fang, MD
Peer Reviewed
“A wonderful instrument…is now in complete vogue in Paris…It is quite a fashion, if a person complains of cough, to have recourse to the miraculous …
From The Archives: Ethical Considerations on the Use of Fear in Public Health Campaigns
October 9, 2014
Please enjoy this post from the archives dated November 23, 2011
By Ishmeal Bradley, MD
Faculty Peer Reviewed
The goal of public health is to prevent or minimize disease and injury on …
Unraveling The Mysteries of Prinzmetal’s Angina: What Is It And How Do We Diagnose It?
October 8, 2014
By Anjali Varma Desai, MD
Peer Reviewed
Mr. Q is a 55-year-old male smoker who presents with recurrent chest pain in the mornings over the past several months. The patient reports being awakened from sleep at approximately 5:00 a.m. each …
Primecuts – This Week In The Journals
October 6, 2014
By Asher Schranz, MD
Peer Reviewed
For the past week, thousands of protesters have flooded Hong Kong streets to demand democracy. The umbrella, initially used by protesters as a …
Pets Gone Wild: A Review of Animal Attacks
October 1, 2014
By Thomas Lee
Peer Reviewed
The age-old question that every one of us has been asked at least once: Are you a cat or a dog person? The answer is …
Primecuts – This Week In The Journals
September 29, 2014
By Asher Schranz, MD
Peer Reviewed
Pleasant fall weather was not the only visitor to New York last week. Major global dignitaries descended on midtown to convene the 69th Session of …
FROM THE ARCHIVES: Does Culturing the Catheter Tip Change Patient Outcomes?
September 26, 2014
Please enjoy this post from the archives, dated November 17, 2011
By Todd Cutler, MD
Faculty Peer Reviewed
An 82-year-old man is admitted to the intensive care unit with fevers, hypoxic respiratory failure and hypotension. He is intubated and resuscitated with intravenous …