Please enjoy this post from the archives dated July 14, 2010
By Aileen McCrillis, MSLIS
Faculty Peer Reviewed
In order to ensure the best-quality healthcare for patients, it is important for clinicians to consult the highest level of evidence to guide them in the …
By Mark Adelman, MD
Faculty Peer Reviewed
Another July 1st has come and gone, marking the yearly transition in US graduate medical education of interns to junior residents, junior residents to senior residents, and …
By Syril Keena Que, MD
Faculty Peer Reviewed
This week’s Primecuts starts with Olympic highlights from the past week. In gymnastics, Gabby Douglas won the gold medal for women’s individual all-around while the women …
By Robert Keller
Faculty Peer Reviewed
In a small examination room on the Ambulatory Care floor of a large hospital in Brooklyn, I greet Ms. S, a 53-year-old Jamaican woman, as she walks through …
By Benjamin P. Geisler, MD, MPH
Faculty peer-reviewed
July 28th was World Hepatitis Day. Just three days prior, a group of researchers from Johns Hopkins published a paper in JAMA on HCV/HIV …
By Jason Chalifoux
Faculty Peer Review
The story of a patient with multiple office visits due to uncontrolled abdominal pain, bloating and diarrhea/constipation is common among primary care doctors and gastroenterologists. The workup is …
Jennifer Lee Dong, MD
Faculty Peer Reviewed
As we approach the Opening Ceremonies in London this weekend, there has been a great focus on wellness in recent health news. The New York Times reported …
Please enjoy this post from the archives dated January 30, 2010.
Mark D. Schwartz and Julia Hyland Bruno
Jeanne Calment rode her bicycle until age 100, quit smoking at 117, and died in 1977 at 122 years of age in Arles, France. …