Category: PrimeCuts

Microbes and Molecules

Jon-Emile Kenny MD

Faculty Peer Reviewed

With the recent sensory overload regarding swine flu, I’ve spent considerable time pondering our immune system – and what …

Aditya Matoo MD

Faculty Peer Reviewed

The New York Times was on our case again this week reminding us (meaning Americans) of our poor lifestyle habits. They reported that middle-aged …

Kathir Palanisamy MD

Faculty Peer Reviewed

Let’s start the week with an update about the swine flu before turning our attention to tuberculosis. The New York Times reported on 6/5/09 …

Jessica Lambert MD

Faculty Peer Reviewed

One hot topic making news this week is government spending on substance abuse, addiction and its consequences, both medical and legal. As reported in …

Michael Chen MD

Faculty Peer Reviewed

We’ve all seen the now almost omni-present ads on TV, in newspapers and magazines, and especially on the MTA subways: the image of a …

Marsha Laufer MD

Faculty Peer Reviewed

“Disruption, Disruption, Disruption.” This was the title of the plenary session at last week’s SGIM meeting in Miami, Florida. What does this mean? What …

Eunice Kang MD

Faculty peer reviewed

It seems that attention-grabbing headlines about swine-origin influenza A (H1N1) have finally ceased to dominate the news. On May 8, 2009 the New York …

Daewha Benjamin Hong, MD

Faculty Peer Reviewed

According to the New York Times, a genetic sequencing company called Knome is holding a charity auction on E-Bay with the winner to …