By Jonathan Bekisz
Peer Reviewed
“Do you want to see something gross? Go into the soiled utility room and check out what’s in the jar.” Never one to pass on the opportunity …
Category: Class Act
Clinical Correlations
Lies My Patients Told Me: “I Take My Medications Every Day.”
January 15, 2016
By Rebecca Sussman
Peer Reviewed
Reviewing medical evidence has become such a habit that sometimes it feels almost impossible to think independently. I’ve always been a top-down thinker; I go with my gut instinct, …
Is It Time to Reconsider Who Should Get Metformin?
December 11, 2015 
By Lauren Strazzulla
Current FDA guidelines for the use of metformin stipulate that it not be prescribed to those with an elevated creatinine (at or above 1.5 mg/dL for men and 1.4 mg/dL for women). It is …
Are We Overusing Proton Pump Inhibitors?
November 13, 2015
By Shimwoo Lee
Peer Reviewed
Case: A 31-year-old man with poorly controlled type 2 diabetes was hospitalized for community-acquired pneumonia. His home medications included esomeprazole. When asked why he was receiving this …
Supporting Evidence
October 30, 2015
By: Amy Ou
During a weekend off at my parents’ home, the subject of this chronic cough that I had developed for the entirety of the winter season came up. My …
There’s an App for That: Fitness Apps and Behavior Change Theory
September 18, 2015
By Alyson Kaplan
Peer Reviewed
According to recent reports by the CDC, more than one-third (78.6 million) of American adults are obese. Approximately 17% (12.7 million) of children and adolescents ages 2-19 also …
The Great Marijuana Debate – Effects on Psychosis and Cognition
August 13, 2015
By Kristina Cieslak, MD
Peer Reviewed
The heavily debated gradual decriminalization and legalization of marijuana will likely result in easier access for all ages. An informed debate has been stymied, however, by a …
Chronicles of a Second Year Medical Student
August 6, 2015
By Matthew Siow
Peer Reviewed
Day 1 of the medicine rotation: complete. I was on long call today, which meant three things. One, the hours during which I had to …