By Vincent M. Santillo, MD
Faculty Peer Reviewed
The Wonder Drug that Works Wonders!
On March 21st, readers of the New York Times woke up to the headline “Studies Link Daily Doses of …
Clinical Correlations
The NYU Langone Health Online Journal of Medicine
Should Physicians Offer The HPV Vaccine To Men And Boys?
March 23, 2012
By Kevin Burns
Faculty Peer Reviewed
On December 22, 2010, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the quadrivalent human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine (Gardasil; Merck, Whitehouse Station, New Jersey) for prevention of anal …
Primecuts – This Week In The Journals
March 19, 2012
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 …
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, …
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 …