By Tracey Liebman, M.D.
Faculty Peer Reviewed
This week’s primecuts starts off with some other-worldly news [1]. The NASA rover, known as Curiosity, had landed on Mars on August 6 after a 352-million-mile trip from …
Clinical Correlations
The NYU Langone Health Online Journal of Medicine
Should We Measure Apolipoproteins to Evaluate Coronary Heart Disease Risk?
August 24, 2012
By Navya Nair, MD
Faculty Peer Reviewed
Coronary heart disease (CHD) is the major cause of mortality worldwide.[1] Lipoproteins play a major role in the development of this disease.[2] Current guidelines advocate that low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol should be the primary target …
From The Archives: The Role of Serologic Testing in the Diagnosis of Celiac Disease
August 23, 2012Please enjoy this post from the archives dated, August 18, 2010
By Todd Cutler
Faculty Peer Reviewed
A 31-year-old woman presents to the clinic with chronic fatigue. She was diagnosed with iron deficiency anemia when she was 25 years old and has since …
Does Stress Cause Stress Ulcers? The Etiology and Pathophysiology of Stress Ulcers
August 22, 2012
Sara-Megumi Naylor, MD
Faculty Peer Reviewed
When Warren and Marshall were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2005 for their work on Helicobacter pylori and peptic ulcer disease [1], a long-standing controversy concerning the major cause of peptic ulcers …
Primecuts – This Week In The Journals
August 20, 2012
By Benjamin Navot, MD
Faculty Peer Reviewed
This week, with Mitt Romney’s selection of Wisconsin congressman Paul Ryan as his vice-presidential candidate on the republican ticket, there has been renewed interest in the two …
Omega-3 Fatty Acids and Atherosclerosis
August 17, 2012
By Michael Malone
Faculty Peer Reviewed
Omega-3 long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) have been popularized in recent years as beneficial nutrients with cardioprotective effects. Omega-3 PUFAs are so named because of …
Xopenex: Is it worth the money?
August 16, 2012
By Han Na Kim
Faculty Peer Reviewed
Case:
The patient is a 50-year-old woman with history of steroid-dependent, severe, persistent asthma since childhood and coronary artery disease who presented with dyspnea and URI symptoms …
Primecuts – This Week In The Journals
August 13, 2012
By Joshua Lader, MD
Faculty Peer Reviewed
In March 1974, US Department of Defense officials described to author John Finney a “revolution in conventional warfare possibilities brought about by a new generation of ‘smart …