By Joshua Novack
Peer Reviewed
Beginning in medical school, in between lectures on biochemistry, anatomy, and physiology, students begin to learn the physical exam and its role in the diagnosis of medical conditions. Some of these …
Category: Medical History
Clinical Correlations
On the History of Statins
January 11, 2019
By David Pineles, MD
Peer Reviewed
With the implementation of the ACC/AHA guidelines on assessment of cardiovascular risk, HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors, commonly known as statins, will become one of the most prescribed medications in history [1]. Dr. John Ioadnnidis, in an article published in …
Mental Pathologies at the Root of Modern Medical Training: Lessons from the Life of Professor William Stewart Halsted
November 3, 2016
By Jafar Hamid Al-Mondhiry, MD, MA
Peer Reviewed
A critical care attending once told me that “learning scars” are some of our greatest teachers. And he was right. Many times, a sense of anxiety and …