By Adam Blaisdell
Peer Reviewed
Present Day – The patient is a 61 year-old male who presents with a one-week history of jaundice and intense pruritus. He has a medical history significant for …
Category: Systems
Clinical Correlations
Gamechanger? Can Pioglitazone Reduce Cardiovascular Events After a Stroke? An Analysis of the IRIS Trial
January 19, 2017
By Johanna Hase, MD
Peer Reviewed
Welcome to Gamechangers, a series that takes a critical look at the latest in medical literature to answer one important question: would the results of this …
Balancing patient information with our professional and relational duties to patients and families without appealing to paternalism.
December 2, 2016
A commentary by Antonella Surbone, MD PhD FACP, Ethics Editor on yesterday’s article “Is There Such a Thing as Too Much Information?”
The insighftul and challenging piece Is there such a thing as …
Gamechanger? Is Spironolactone the Magic Bullet for Resistant Hypertension?
November 9, 2016
By Amar Parikh, MD
Peer Reviewed
Welcome to Gamechangers, a series that takes a critical look at the latest in medical literature to answer one important question: would the results of this article change my …
The Rising Tide of Food Allergy
October 20, 2016
By Kristina Cieslak, MD
Peer Reviewed
Food allergies affect approximately 8% of children and 5% of adults, with a steadily increasing prevalence [1]. Risk factors for the development of food allergy are numerous …
Oxygen-Induced Hypercapnia in COPD: What is the Mechanism?
September 28, 2016
By Jonathan Glatt
Peer Reviewed
It was my first week on the wards as a third-year medical student, and I found myself huddled with the team in a busy corner of the Bellevue ED, listening …
Little Knowledge, Large Problem: Lack of Nutrition and Obesity Education in Medical Curricula
September 23, 2016
By Elissa Driggin
Peer Reviewed
At almost every single one of my medical school interviews, each interviewer, noting my college major in nutritional science, asked some variation of the question, “What should I …
Breaking the Cycle: Shining a Light on Physician Depression and Suicide for the Next Generation
September 16, 2016
By Andrew Hallett
Peer Reviewed
For decades, surveys and public data have shown staggeringly high rates of suicide, suicidal ideation, and depression among physicians when compared to the general population.1-4 Male doctors are 40% more …