Chief-of-service rounds is a new feature of Clinical Correlations. Â Here we summarize Bellevue Hospital’s Chief of Service Rounds moderated by the Chief of Medicine, Nate Link, MD. Â This multidisciplinary bimonthly conference focuses on a …
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Clinical Correlations
How Do You Advise the Balding Patient?
January 13, 2010
Sagar Mungekar
Faculty Peer Reviewed
The incidence of male pattern hair loss can reach almost 100% in some ethnic groups.1, 2 While treatment of the condition is usually deferred …
Some gleanings from the meeting of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) in Philadelphia, October 29-November 1. 2009
January 6, 2010
Neal H. Steigbigel, M.D.
The recent IDSA meeting reviewed many important and interesting findings. Topics spanned a wide array of subjects, many of which are of importance and interest to all physicians. …
Tailoring Colon Cancer Screening
December 19, 2009
Guidelines for Colorectal Cancer Screening and the Recent Evidence Behind Them
 Nazia Hasan, MD MPH
Faculty peer reviewed
For most residents, screening for colorectal cancer (CRC) may seem as established as that for breast and cervical cancer. In reality, the use of …
Meeting Perspectives: American Heart Association Scientific Sessions 2009
December 16, 2009
Steven Sedlis, MD
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The annual scientific session of the American Heart Association (AHA) was held in Orlando on November 14-18 2009. It felt like a ghost town. …
Tailoring Colon Cancer Screening
December 11, 2009
Guidelines for Colorectal Cancer Screening and the Recent Evidence Behind Them
 Nazia Hasan, MD MPH
Faculty peer reviewed
For most residents, screening for colorectal cancer (CRC) may seem as established as that for breast …
Prostate Cancer Screening: Where Do We Stand Now?
December 9, 2009
Annery Garcia
Prostate cancer is the second most common cancer in western men and the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths in men in the U.S.1 In 2007 approximately 218,890 …
Continuous Glucose Monitors
December 2, 2009
Ilena George
Faculty peer reviewed
Are continuous glucose monitors the answer for better glucose control in diabetes?
A poorly controlled type 2 diabetic who is non-compliant with his at-home glucose monitoring comes to Bellevue’s Adult Primary …