By Santosh Vardhana
Faculty Peer Reviewed
Mr. M is a 63-year-old man with a history of coronary artery disease and systolic CHF (ejection fraction 32%) on lisinopril, metoprolol, and spironolactone who …
Category: Clinical Questions
Clinical Correlations
How Safe Is That Tattoo?
April 27, 2011
By Farzon A. Nahvi
Faculty Peer Reviewed
Once thought to be exclusively the domain of gang members, prisoners, and those in the military, tattoos are now increasingly popular with the …
The Porcelain Terror: Can a Toilet Give You Gonorrhea?
April 13, 2011
By Bradley Ching, Class of 2011
Faculty Peer Reviewed
What do every road trip, football game halftime, and trans-continental plane flight have in common? Usually a disgusting toilet paired with …
From The Archives: Does Acetazolamide Prevent Altitude Sickness?
March 31, 2011
Please enjoy this post from the Clinical Correlations archives first posted May 7, 2009
Seema Pursnani, MD
Because your parents have designated you as the family doctor, your Uncle Joe …
Is Dark Chocolate Good For You?
March 30, 2011
By Lisa Parikh, MD
Faculty Peer Reviewed
I was recently counseling an overweight patient about nutrition and exercise when he asked, “Doc, is it true what they say about …
From The Archives: The Skinny on Cachexia…Can it be Treated?
March 24, 2011 
Please enjoy this post from the Clinical Correlations archives first posted April 22, 2009
Michael T. Tees, MD, MPH
On the wards and in the clinic, the physician is …
The Myth of the Helminth: Can Worms be the Next Therapeutic Breakthrough for IBD Patients?
March 16, 2011
By Michael Guss, Class of 2012
Faculty Peer Reviewed
Helminths–parasitic worms that have co-evolved with humans and colonized our gastrointestinal (GI) tract for millennia–have developed the ability to modulate our …
From the Archives: Myths and Realities: Does the Weather Really Affect Arthritis?
March 3, 2011
Please enjoy this post from the Clinical Correlations archives first posted March 19, 2009
Aditya Mattoo MD
Faculty Peer Reviewed
For our first post, I wanted to address …