By Alexa Yuen
Peer Reviewed
According to the CDC, there are 22 million people with an established diagnosis of diabetes mellitus in the United States, but more frightening is that the …
Category: Clinical Questions
Clinical Correlations
Why Does Our Hair Turn Gray?
March 30, 2017
By Chio Yokose, MD and Aaron Smith, MD
Peer Reviewed
All but a lucky few of us will one day see our locks lose their color. But what is the physiologic basis …
Gamechanger? Should Steroids be Added to Treat Community Acquired Pneumonia?
March 23, 2017
By Martin Fried, MD
Peer Reviewed
Welcome to Gamechangers, a series that takes a critical look at the latest in medical literature to answer one important question: would the results …
What is the Evidence for Noninvasive Ventilation in Acute Cardiogenic Pulmonary Edema?
February 1, 2017
By Jenna Conway, MD
Peer Reviewed
Introduction
A 58-year-old man presents with worsening dyspnea and nonproductive cough for five days. Significant history includes a recent hospitalization for congestive heart failure. He …
Is there such a thing as too much information?
December 1, 2016
By Mariya Rozenblit, MD
Peer Reviewed
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 …
Gamechanger? Is Spironolactone the Magic Bullet for Resistant Hypertension?
November 9, 2016
By Amar Parikh, MD
Peer Reviewed
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 article …
Why It Isn’t So Cool To Go Gluten-Free
October 12, 2016
Chloe Cipora Goldman, MD
Peer Reviewed
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, …
PCSK9 Inhibitors: Who Could Need More than a Statin?
October 5, 2016
By Rhodes Hambrick
Peer Reviewed
The atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) risk associated with hyperlipidemia (HLD), readily apparent from the Framingham Heart Study1 of the mid-20th century, has been the target of innumerable attempted …