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 …
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Clinical Correlations
Class Act: Is there clinical evidence for use of probiotics in the treatment of IBS?
March 12, 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 …
HotSpots: Promed
March 7, 2008
Welcome to HotSpots, a new feature of Clinical Correlations. In this series, we intend to highlight unique websites of interest to the medical profession. Feel free to make suggestions for sites that should …
Bell’s Palsy 2.0—Crocodile Dundee Tears
March 5, 2008
Diseases 2.0 – Bringing you the latest updates on disease pathophysiology and treatment
Commentary by Aaron Lord MD, PGY-1
A 39 year-old woman awakes one morning and notices that the left side …
How do you approach male patients with osteoporosis?
February 28, 2008
Commentary by Carrie Mahowald MD
Case: GS, a 65 year old man with only a history of severe OA, is seen in pre-op clinic for medical clearance before his hip replacement. On his …
Meeting Perspectives: American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases
February 27, 2008
Last November, thousands of eager hepatologists descended on Boston to attend the AASLD Liver Meeting. While there was an enormous amount of hepatology information presented, one intrepid GI fellow, Ponni Perumalswami MD, has compiled …
Grand Rounds: “Insulin Resistance: Implications for Obesity, Type 2 Diabetes”
February 26, 2008
Commentary by Melissa Freeman MD, PGY2
This week’s Grand Rounds was delivered by Dr. Gerald Shulman, M.D., Ph.D., F.A.C.P. Professor of Internal Medicine and Cellular & Molecular Physiology and Investigator at …
Bedside Rounds Series: Goiter
February 21, 2008Commentary by Kristin Remus MD, PGY-3, and Judith Brenner MD, Associate Program Director, NYU Internal Medicine Residency Program
The purpose of the physical diagnosis series is to review the origins, pathophysiology and actual techniques of common physical diagnoses. Our hopes are to renew interest in an area of medicine that is …