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) [1]. Fortunately, …
Clinical Correlations
The NYU Langone Health Online Journal of Medicine
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 January 1, …
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 to …
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 after remission …
Primecuts – This Week In The Journals
October 28, 2013
By Michael Lee, MD
Faculty Peer Reviewed
In 2013, the state of New York mandated healthcare workers who do not receive influenza vaccination to wear surgical masks in healthcare settings. This historically unprecedented …
From The Archives: Creatine Kinase: How Much is Too Much?
October 24, 2013
Please enjoy this post from the archives dated November 3, 2010
By Jon-Emile Kenny, MD
Faculty Peer Reviewed
A 37-year-old man, with no past medical history and taking finasteride for male pattern baldness, is admitted to Medicine with profound lower extremity weakness after a …
Why Aren’t Patients Using Advance Directives?
October 23, 2013
By Abigail Maller, MD
Faculty Peer Reviewed
Advance directives are a means for patients to communicate their wishes regarding medical decisions to their families and health care professionals once they are unable to make these decisions themselves. These documents, together with the …
Primecuts – This Week In The Journals
October 21, 2013
By Sherif Shoucri, MD
Faculty Peer Reviewed
Extra! Extra! National Parks Reopen! In fact, so did the rest of the federal government, after an 11th hour budget deal brokered by Senate leaders extended federal …