By Sherif Shoucri, MD
Yesterday, the American College of Cardiology and American Heart Association released new groundbreaking guidelines on the treatment of blood cholesterol. These recommendations, which officially drop LDL target …
Clinical Correlations
The NYU Langone Health Online Journal of Medicine
Primecuts – This Week In The Journals
November 12, 2013
By Sherif Shoucri, MD
Faculty Peer Reviewed
In a move that was almost thirty years in the making, this week the Food and Drug Administration proposed measures that would all-but outlaw artificial trans fats. …
The Complicated Story of Saturated Fat
November 8, 2013
By Gregory Katz, MD
Faculty Peer Reviewed
Everyday in clinic, we tell our patients to choose foods low in saturated fat. Because these foods raise plasma cholesterol, the thinking goes, they …
FROM THE ARCHIVES – Kayexalate: What is it and does it work?
November 7, 2013
Please enjoy this post from the archives dated December 1, 2010
By Todd Cutler, MD
Faculty Peer Reviewed
A 62-year-old male is hospitalized with an acute congestive heart failure exacerbation. On hospital day three, the patient’s symptoms have significantly improved with twice daily …
To Stent or Not to Stent?
November 6, 2013
By Anish Vani
Faculty Peer Reviewed
According to the 2010 Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics update of the American Heart Association, there are 17.6 million Americans living with coronary heart disease (CHD) …
Primecuts – This Week In The Journals
November 4, 2013
By Cindy Fei, MD
Faculty Peer Reviewed
Online enrollment continues at the HealthCare.gov website in accordance with the rollout of the Affordable Care Act and its …
Can we teach the immune system to fight cancer?
November 1, 2013
By Jenny Gartshteyn
Faculty Peer Reviewed
Since the start of vaccination – we’ve eradicated smallpox and polio, saved college kids from meningitis, averted flu epidemics, and decreased the incidence of HPV-related cervical cancer … but can we teach our immune systems …
Corticosteroids and Prophylaxis. What complications should you try to prevent in patients on chronic corticosteroids?
October 30, 2013
By Robert Joseph Fakheri, MD
Faculty Peer Reviewed
A 55 year-old male is recently diagnosed with systemic sarcoidosis. The patient is started on prednisone 40mg with the plan to decrease the dose …