By: Theresa Sumberac, MD
What do the polio vaccine, in vitro fertilization, and gene mapping have in common? Their successes are all due, in varying extents, to the use …
Clinical Correlations
The NYU Langone Health Online Journal of Medicine
From The Archives: Does Heyde Syndrome Exist?
August 8, 2013Please enjoy this post from the Archives dated September 29, 2010
By Lara Dunn, MD
Faculty Peer Reviewed
In 1958, EC Heyde published 10 cases of aortic stenosis (AS) and arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) of the gastrointestinal tract in the New England Journal …
Primecuts-This Week in the Journals
August 6, 2013
By: Matthew Weiss, MD
Though Don Draper publicly explained to us “Why I’m Quitting Tobacco” as far back as 1965, we’re still collectively dealing with the repercussions of those smokers, Don included, who didn’t follow his …
Book Review: What Doctors Feel-Danielle Ofri, MD
August 2, 2013
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …