By Allison Tu
Peer Reviewed
Once a death sentence, HIV/AIDS is now a treatable and preventable disease. Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) has been a game-changer in HIV prevention since the FDA approved emtricitabine/tenofovir …
Category: Systems
Clinical Correlations
A Brief History of Insulin and Type 1 Diabetes
March 25, 2025
By Matthew Ross
Peer Reviewed
In 1910, Ezra Hayman was on top of the world. The 26-year-old Nebraska native was a young ear, nose, and throat doctor studying abroad in Vienna, then one of the most prominent scientific and intellectual hubs in Europe. …
Why are Patients with Diabetes Immunocompromised?
February 14, 2025
By Daniel Martinez-Krams
Peer Reviewed
You are rounding on your patients, and your team is discussing a 52-year-old man with HIV who came in with shortness of breath and fever and was found to have …
Mitochondrial Uncouplers: The Future of Weight Loss Medications?
January 16, 2025
By Ella Feiner
Peer Reviewed
In a world abundant with food and sedentary lifestyles, the global prevalence of cardiometabolic disease has reached alarming levels. Nearly half of Americans grapple with conditions such as diabetes, heart …
Jefferson Airplane Gave Me Tinnitus
July 18, 2024
By Dr. Michael Tanner
The author, at age 14 in 1968, with pennies on his eyes, wearing a Napoleonic military jacket fashionable at the time.
Albums clockwise from top left:
After Bathing at Baxter’s (Jefferson Airplane),
Blonde on Blonde (Bob Dylan),
Disraeli Gears (Cream),
Magical Mystery Tour …
The Silence Killer: Tinnitus and the Soundscape of Current Treatment
July 16, 2024
By Carolyn Akers
Peer Reviewed
Roger Daltrey, co-founder and lead singer of The Who, had this to say of bandmate Pete Townshend’s famous penchant for bludgeoning Fender Stratocasters:
“Pete wasn’t just smashing his guitar. He used …
Challenges with Polypharmacy in the Geriatric Population
April 9, 2024
By Olivia Descorbeth
Peer Reviewed
As individuals advance in age, they tend to accumulate medical conditions that require a bevy of pharmaceutical treatments to manage. As a result, polypharmacy, generally defined as the use of …
Too Much of a Good Thing: Can HDL Cholesterol Be Too High?
October 25, 2023
By Matthew Auda
Peer Reviewed
Let’s begin with a case. The patient is a 67-year-old female with a past medical history of hypothyroidism referred to your Cardiology Clinic by her primary care physician for cardiovascular …