Category: Clinical Questions

By Chio Yokose, MD and Aaron Smith, MD

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All but a lucky few of us will one day see our locks lose their color. But what is the physiologic basis for …

By Martin Fried, MD

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Welcome to Gamechangers, a series that takes a critical look at the latest in medical literature to answer one important question: would the results of this …

By Mariya Rozenblit, MD  

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On my first day of internship I was faced with the seemingly simple task of consenting a patient for a blood transfusion. I went over the informed consent form …

Chloe Cipora Goldman, MD

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During a recent encounter with a 32 year-old female presenting for surgical clearance for knee surgery, the patient touted that she was in superb health, exercised daily, and even …

By Rhodes Hambrick

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The atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) risk associated with hyperlipidemia (HLD), readily apparent from the Framingham Heart Study¹ of the mid-20^th century, has been the target of innumerable attempted pharmacologic interventions …