By Amy Shen Tang, MD
Peer Reviewed
“I would pay you if you took it away from me. I’d try to buy it back,” said Irving Kahn, the late Wall Street investment advisor when asked if …
Category: Clinical Questions
Clinical Correlations
When and How Should We Examine the Spleen?
January 28, 2016
By Jenna Tarasoff
Peer Reviewed
A 65-year-old African woman presents with two months of fevers and 25-pound weight loss along with a month of nausea and retching, accompanied by left-sided abdominal pain. The exam …
The Quest for the HIV Vaccine: Are We Closer Than We Think?
January 20, 2016
By Amar Parikh, MD
Peer Reviewed
Amidst the global panic over the recent Ebola outbreak, another well-known pathogen that has been devastating the world for decades continues to smolder—the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). According to …
Is It Time to Reconsider Who Should Get Metformin?
December 11, 2015 
By Lauren Strazzulla
Current FDA guidelines for the use of metformin stipulate that it not be prescribed to those with an elevated creatinine (at or above 1.5 mg/dL for men and 1.4 mg/dL for women). It is also …
Are We Overusing Proton Pump Inhibitors?
November 13, 2015
By Shimwoo Lee
Peer Reviewed
Case: A 31-year-old man with poorly controlled type 2 diabetes was hospitalized for community-acquired pneumonia. His home medications included esomeprazole. When asked why he was receiving this medication, …
Beta-blockers in Uncomplicated Hypertension: Is it Time for Retirement?
October 7, 2015
By Robin Guo, MD
Peer Reviewed
Beta-blockers were one of the first modern medications used for the treatment of blood pressure. Before 1950, treatment options for hypertension were limited. The alphabet soup of …
There’s an App for That: Fitness Apps and Behavior Change Theory
September 18, 2015
By Alyson Kaplan
Peer Reviewed
According to recent reports by the CDC, more than one-third (78.6 million) of American adults are obese. Approximately 17% (12.7 million) of children and adolescents ages 2-19 also meet criteria …
Chronicles of a Second Year Medical Student
August 6, 2015
By Matthew Siow
Peer Reviewed
Day 1 of the medicine rotation: complete. I was on long call today, which meant three things. One, the hours during which I had to pretend I …