Category: PrimeCuts

Ivan Saraiva, MD

Faculty peer reviewed

This week’s edition of PrimeCuts will focus on an old friend, influenza, as well as a couple of other viruses. The novel swine-origin influenza A …

Jeff Mayne MD

Faculty Peer Reviewed

This weeks PrimeCuts focuses on vertebroplasty for vertebral compression fractures, Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) misconceptions, and the efficacy of screening for intimate partner violence. Vertebroplasty is performed …

Michael Chu MD

Faculty Peer Reviewed

With summer well underway and a new class of interns having gotten their feet wet by now (perhaps it might feel more like drowning for …

Onyeka Okonkwo MD

Faculty peer reviewed

Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is the most common cause of dementia affecting over 4.5 million Americans, with cases in the US projected to triple over the …

Farshid Yazdi MD

Faculty Peer Reviewed

In America, we are quickly coming upon a moment in history that will likely affect us for decades to come. A recent article in the …

Ami Jhaveri MD

Faculty Peer Reviewed

A low calorie diet, high adiponectin levels, new anti-cancer agents, and for patients on erythropoietin, hemoglobin levels between 9-12 g/dL are on the prescription pad …

Ishmeal Bradley MD

Faculty Peer Reviewed

Let’s face it, the American population is getting older. With the graying of our populace (life expectancy 80 years for females, 74 for males), there …

Sarah Moore MD

Faculty peer reviewed

If you’ve seen the news or even the cover this week’s Economist on newsstands (Obama as surgeon with a very large needle promising that yes, …