By Cindy Fei, MD
Peer Reviewed
Iron deficiency is the most common cause of anemia in the United States. Despite this, there are a multitude of questions surrounding the best choice of …
Category: Class Act
Clinical Correlations
Diabetic Foot Ulcers: Pathogenesis and Prevention
March 19, 2015
By Shilpa Mukunda, MD
Peer Reviewed
On my first day on inpatient medicine at the VA Hospital, Mr. P came in with an oozing foot ulcer. Mr. P, a 60-year-old man with a 30 …
Why Do We Do What We Do: Common Hospital Practices Revealed
February 27, 2015
By Dana Zalkin
Peer Reviewed
A code is called on the overhead speaker and the on-call teams rush to the scene to see what awaits them. EKG leads are being placed, medications …
Acupuncture and Immune Modulation
January 9, 2015
By Michael Lee, MD
Peer Reviewed
Clinical Case: Ms. A, an 84-year-old retired physician with a history of bronchiectasis of unclear etiology, is admitted with the chief complaint of chronic cough. Further …
Falls in Older Adults—Risk Factors and Strategies for Prevention
October 15, 2014 
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 …
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 …
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 …