David R. Friedmann MD
Faculty Peer Reviewed
Hemoglobin A1 (Hb A1c) is the standard method for monitoring diabetic patients’ long-term glycemic control by indicating average blood glucose levels over a period …
Category: Class Act
Clinical Correlations
How Should You Approach a Geriatric Insomniac?
September 2, 2009
Gilda Boroumand, MS4
Faculty Peer Reviewed
Chronic insomnia, defined as difficulty with the initiation, maintenance, duration, and quality of sleep for at least one month, is a common complaint with …
CT Colonography-The Future of Colorectal Cancer Screening?
August 21, 2009
Ely R. Felker
Faculty Peer Reviewed
The patient is a 52 year-old white male who presented to his internist for a routine examination. …
Class Act: How Do You Diagnose Polymyalgia Rheumatica?
August 12, 2009
Eve Wadsworth MD
Faculty Peer Reviewed
Polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) is a condition that resembles several different disorders including osteoarthritis and can be difficult to diagnose. In addition to osteoarthritis, PMR …
Class Act: A Multivitamin a Day – Does It Really Keep the Doctor Away?
June 3, 2009
Does daily use of a multivitamin help prevent illness and chronic disease?
Kate Gibson, MS-4
Faculty Peer Reviewed
A 65 year old male patient with a history of hypertension …
Class Act: Cardiac CT to Assess Coronary Artery Calcium
May 17, 2009
Matthew Nayor
Faculty Peer Reviewed
The patient: a 55 year old male nonsmoker with an HDL of 46, LDL of 120, triglycerides of 70, BP of 135/80 (on meds) and total cholesterol of 180. …
Class Act: AGE-RAGE: What we know about the pathophysiology of diabetic neuropathy.
December 26, 2008
Commentary by Regina Mysliwiec, NYU Medical Student
Faculty Peer Reviewed
G.L. is a 62 year-old African-American male with a six year history of Type 2 Diabetes with variable glucose control and a progressive …
Class Act: The Role of Angiotensin II in Renal Fibrosis and Diabetic Kidney Disease
December 9, 2008
Commentary by Daniel Fine MD
Faculty Peer Reviewed
Diabetic nephropathy is the most frequent cause of end-stage kidney disease in the United States, Europe and Japan. Large scale randomized controlled trials have shown …