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By Mariya Rozenblit, MD

Peer Reviewed

The medical community suffered the loss of yet another physician by suicide when a young doctor jumped to her death in New York City last week. There is growing …

By Omotayo Arowojolu

Peer Reviewed

Approximately 32% of American adults have high blood pressure (>140/90 mmHg),¹ or hypertension, and only 54% of these individuals have well-controlled hypertension.^2,3 Hypertension costs $48.6 billion …

By Scott Butler, MD 

Peer Reviewed

Could requiring Medicaid recipients to engage in community activities or work as a condition for eligibility improve health outcomes?  The Trump administration is planning to allow states to impose such requirements, much as they do for other programs …

By: Justin Feit, MD

We were welcomed to 2018 with the coldest New Year’s in New York City in over 50 years with a cool 10°F recorded in Times Square [1]. The …

By: Amanda Dowden, MD

This week, Alabama elected its first Democratic senate leader in 25 years, as democrat Doug Jones beat Republican Roy Moore in Alabama’s Senate Race. In local NYC news, in the wake of the opioid epidemic the Bronx opens …

By Gregory Rubinfeld, MD

Peer Reviewed

Manhattan enjoyed its first snow of the season and in its wake New Yorkers trudge carefully through the slick and slush covered streets[1]. On a somber note, tragedy …

By Margot Hedlin, MD

Peer Reviewed

It’s a brave new world – on Saturday the Senate approved a much-debated tax bill intended to cut $1.4 trillion from taxes, in part by …

By Alexander Jordan, MD

Peer Reviewed

Love has won another hard-fought victory! In Australia, nearly 13 million people took part in a national survey held on marriage equality, with 61% voting …