Please 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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …