By Pansy Tsang MD
Faculty Peer Reviewed
While your weekend may have been filled with Irish Soda bread, beer and college basketball, this week’s journals were heavy on the reproductive system and cancer …
Clinical Correlations
The NYU Langone Health Online Journal of Medicine
Challenges in the Treatment of TB and HIV Co-Infection
March 16, 2012
By Santosh Vardhana, MD/PhD
Faculty Peer Reviewed
Ms. T is a 32- year-old woman with no past medical history who presents with a three month history of productive cough, shortness of breath, and a …
From The Archives: How to interpret troponins in renal disease?
March 15, 2012
Please enjoy this post from the archives first posted on October 21, 2009.
By Ivan Saraiva MD
Case: A 68-year-old man, with a history of stable angina and end-stage renal disease treated by hemodialysis for the past three years, presents to …
Does the BCG Vaccine Really Work?
March 14, 2012
By Mitchell Kim
Faculty Peer Reviewed
Mycobacterium tuberculosis, an acid-fast bacillus, is the causative agent of tuberculosis (TB), an infection that causes significant morbidity and mortality worldwide. A highly contagious infection, TB …
Primecuts-This Week in the Journals
March 12, 2012
By Lakshmi Tummala, MD
Faculty Peer Reviewed
Most readers are probably familiar with the Nurses’ Health Study cohort which provided the data for a possible relationship between non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) use and the incidence of inflammatory …
Is There a Long-Term Mortality Benefit From Bariatric Surgery?
March 8, 2012
By Marc O’Donnell
Faculty Peer Reviewed
Obesity is defined as a body mass index (BMI) of ?30 kg/m2. The rate of obesity in the United States has skyrocketed over the last several decades, becoming a disease of epidemic proportions. According to …
Primecuts – This Week In The Journals
March 6, 2012
By Michael Fingerhood, MD, MPH
Faculty Peer Reviewed
As the sun set over the Kremlin on Sunday night, Vladimir Putin stood on a well-lit podium and raised his arms in victory following …
Tales of Survival: An Open Letter to My Patient Mrs. B.
March 2, 2012
By Vivek Murthy
Case report:
Mrs. B is a 68-year-old female with a PMH of small cell lung CA metastatic to the liver s/p last chemo six weeks …