By Michael Tanner, MD
Faculty Peer Reviewed
What Doctors Feel, Danielle Ofri’s answer to Jerome Groopman’s How Doctors Think, explores how doctors’ emotions affect the practice of medicine in good and bad ways. As the saxophone virtuoso …
Clinical Correlations
The NYU Langone Health Online Journal of Medicine
Why You Should Think Twice About Using Medical Abbreviations
July 31, 2013
By Benjamin Rodwin
Faculty Peer Reviewed
It seems like a simple enough history: an 18 year old with a past medical history significant for GBS. They probably gave him some antibiotics for a Group …
Primecuts – This Week In The Journals
July 29, 2013
By Arnab Ghosh, MD
Faculty Peer Reviewed
This week’s Clinical Correlations begins with news from across the ‘pond’ and the much-anticipated birth of Prince George of Cambridge. The third in line to crown of …
Not for Human Consumption: Cannabinoid Receptor Agonists As An Emerging Drug Of Abuse
July 26, 2013
By Ryland Pace
Faculty Peer Reviewed
Cannabinoid receptor agonists (CRAs) have been recently popularized as “legal” alternatives to marijuana and are becoming increasingly common, especially among teens and young adults. These new artificial “highs” …
Primecuts – This Week In The Journals
July 22, 2013
By Mark Adelman, MD
Faculty Peer Reviewed
In the wake of George Zimmerman’s acquittal this past week for the shooting death of Trayvon Martin, rallies and marches continue around the country to protest perceived …
Transfusions By The Numbers
July 19, 2013
By Karen Chang Kan, MD
Faculty Peer Reviewed
Blood transfusions are one of the most common interventions seen in the inpatient setting. While hanging a unit of blood appears simple enough in day-to-day practice, many of us forget what this simple action …
The Health Risks and Benefits of Drinking Coffee
July 17, 2013
By Anish Parikh, MD
Faculty Peer Reviewed
At some point during my medical training, drinking coffee went from being an enjoyable, even indulgent, activity to being my primary weapon against fatigue and its associated …
Primecuts – This Week In The Journals
July 15, 2013
By Matthew Light, MD
Faculty Peer Reviewed
This week in the news and in the journals we look back at the Boston Strangler case, a previous pneumococcal vaccination strategy and we evaluate current coronary artery …