Category: PrimeCuts

Commentary by Cara Litvin MD, Executive Editor, Clinical Correlations

First let’s start off with some rare  good news in the political arena. Last week, the Senate overwhelmingly voted to override President Bush’s veto on a …

Commentary by Bani Chander MD, PGY-3 

Childhood obesity, foodborne illness and the evil pharmaceutical industy…sorry to start your day off with some gloomy topics, but the news is full of it these days. Let’s …

Commentary by Judith Brenner MD, Associate Program Director, NYU Internal Medicine Residency Program

Happy July 4th!  As we celebrate our nation’s 232nd birthday, I sit here wondering what “shortcuts” might have looked like in …

Commentary by Danise Schiliro- Chuang MD

Welcome to the wide world of shortcuts. While I hope this post comes to you from your laptop while you’re relaxing on the beach with a cool drink, …

Commentary by Michael Poles MD, Associate Editor, Clinical Correlations 

Hey Blogophiles,

In case you were blogopenic, awaiting the latest installment of shortcuts, here we go.

It is still early morning as I write this. …

Commentary by Joshua Remick MD, NYU Senior Chief Resident

We’ll start this week off with some good news—we’re living longer and dying less! At least we were back in 2006. You remember 2006 don’t …

Commentary by Neil Shapiro MD, Editor-in-Chief, Clinical Correlations

Spiking oil prices, unemployment at 5.5%, Israel considering bombing Iran, 95 degree heat in early June, the White House exaggerating the case to go to war…the …

Commentary by Henry Tran, MD

Opiate-induced constipation is frequently encountered by hospitalized patients. As Ben Franklin said, “An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure,” therefore an aggressive bowel regiment of stool …