Commentary by Alexis Melnick, NYU School of Medcine Class of 2009
Faculty peer reviewed
With the increasing popularity of soy foods in the American diet, there has been considerable debate over the link between soy and the risk …
Category: Endocrine
Clinical Correlations
Meeting Perspectives: The ADA Scientific Sessions: Advances in the Pharmacologic Management of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
September 25, 2008
Commentary by Howard Furst MD and Mitchell Charap MD
We will focus our review of the 2008 ADA meetings on new data regarding the GLP-1 analogues and the DPP 4 inhibitors. Before describing …
Grand Rounds: Thyroid Disease and the Heart
September 24, 2008
Commentary by Sarika Modi MD, PGY-2
Dr. Irwin Klein MD, Professor of Medicine and Cell Biology, of North Shore University Hospital, gave grand rounds on “Thyroid Disease and the Heart” on September 17, …
Breaking News: Revenge of the Gila Monster?
August 20, 2008
Commentary by Rachana Jani MD, PGY-2
As recently reported in ShortCuts, Byetta recently made headlines after the suggestion of a mortality benefit for patients taking the drug in a small subset of the Accord study. So is this the new golden drug …
FRAX: A Brand New Tool For the Management of Osteoporosis
August 13, 2008
Commentary by Judith Brenner MD, Associate Editor, Clinical Correlations. Reviewed by Valerie Peck MD, NYU Division of Endocrinology.
An 81 year old Caucasian woman with a history of diabetes and hypertension who was admitted …
Class Act: Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome 2.0
August 1, 2008
Class act is a feature of Clinical Correlations written by NYU 3rd and 4th year medical students. These posts focus on evidenced based answers to clinical questions related to patients seen by our …
Diseases 2.0: Uric acid stones linked to diabetes
July 3, 2008
Diseases 2.0 – Bringing you the latest updates on disease pathophysiology and treatment
Commentary By David Goldfarb, M.D. Professor of Medicine, NYU Medical Center, Chief Nephrology Section VA New York Harbor
At the recent meeting of …
A Brief Glance at the Relationship between Varicocele and Infertility
March 19, 2008
Commentary by Melissa Freeman MD, PGY-2
A 30 year-old male resident presents to his primary care physician for a routine physical examination. A small, nontender left-sided scrotal mass is felt. The patient states that this …