By Todd Cutler, MD
Faculty Peer Reviewed
Double, double toil and trouble;
Fire burn, and Primecuts bubble!
Welcome to a special Halloween edition of Primecuts!
For the past ten years the drug Xigris (human activated protein C or drotrecogin alfa) and its …
By Demetrios Tzimas, MD
Faculty Peer Reviewed
In our last Primecuts, Dr. Mathew Robinson reported on the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force’s new recommendation against measuring prostate specific antigen (PSA) as a method of …
By Matthew Robinson, MD
Faculty Peer Reviewed
Men like their numbers. Boys compare little league batting averages. Teens boast their bench press max. Young men pride themselves in digits ill begotten from a cheap pick-up line. Older men – those over age …
By Aviva Regev
Faculty Peer Reviewed
As we start feeling the change in season this week in New York – cooler weather, earlier sunsets, a break from that cloying humidity – it’s easy to …
By Kevin Hsueh, MD
Faculty Peer Reviewed
Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann set the media abuzz two weeks ago when, during a Republican presidential debate, she called the HPV vaccination a “potentially dangerous drug” that could cause a “negative reaction” in little …
By Robert J Gianotti, MD
Welcome to the first autumn installment of Primecuts. Here in upstate New York the leaves are already beginning to change as I drink a tasty mug of Oktoberfest. My day of football …
By Joshua Strauss, MD
Faculty Peer Reviewed
This past week included the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks against our city and our nation. We remember the horror of that morning, …
By Keri Herzog, MD
Faculty Peer Reviewed
Hurricane Irene came and went. Its path of destruction brought flooding and powerful winds, forcing evacuations, causing loss of power and extensive structural damage. It was a time where we all came together, not only …