By Robert J. Gianotti, MD
Faculty Peer Reviewed
No matter how hard I try I just can’t get the picture of Kevin Ware fracturing his leg last Easter Sunday out of my head. …
Author: Neil.Shapiro@nyulangone.org
Clinical Correlations
The Effect of Bariatric Surgery on Incretin Hormones and Glucose Homeostasis
April 4, 2013
By Michael Crist
Faculty Peer Reviewed
Until recently, little thought was given to the important role played by the duodenum, jejunum, and ileum in glucose homeostasis. The involvement of the gut in glucose …
Primecuts – This Week In The Journals
April 1, 2013
By Jiah Shin Teh, MD
Faculty Peer Reviewed
On behalf of Primecuts, happy belated Easter! We all hope that the days of special observance, no matter your faith, will help to refresh and recharge. For as we venture into the days …
Primecuts – This Week In The Journals
March 26, 2013By Benjamin P. Geisler, MD, MPH
On March 24th, World Tuberculosis (TB) Day was commemorated, exactly 131 years after Robert Koch identified the mycobacterium in a talk at the …
White Coat Hypertension: Are Doctors Bad for Your Blood Pressure?
March 20, 2013
By Lauren Foster
Faculty Peer Reviewed
Hypertension is a pervasive chronic disease affecting approximately 65 million adults in the United States, and a significant cause of morbidity and mortality [1]. …
Primecuts – This Week In The Journals
March 18, 2013
By Gregory Katz, MD
Faculty Peer Reviewed
Habemus papum! It was hard to find anything in the news this week that didn’t mention Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio’s ascension to infallibility as he …
Primecuts – This Week In The Journals
February 19, 2013
By Aaron Smith
Faculty Peer Reviewed
Happy Belated Valentine’s Day! In this edition of Primecuts, we look at recent scientific articles pertaining to our favorite Valentine’s Day traditions. Next year, you may …
Primecuts – This Week In The Journals
January 28, 2013
By Jillian Rosengard, MD
Faculty Peer Reviewed
This week we bundled up to bear the brutal cold, watched President Obama’s second term inaugural address, and inched closer to our return to Bellevue. …