By Nicole Learned
Faculty Peer Reviewed
In an age when patients obtain medical news from the media, and celebrities initiate powerful health trends, clinicians have to be prepared to answer even …
Clinical Correlations
The NYU Langone Health Online Journal of Medicine
Mystery Quiz- The Answer
December 14, 2011Vivian Hayashi MD and Robert Smith MD, Mystery Quiz Section Editors
The answer to the mystery quiz is Kaposi’s sarcoma. The CXR shows bilateral confluent airspaceopacities which have a wide differential diagnosis in this case. The CT narrows the differential. Specifically, the opacities appear to emanate from the central hilar …
Primecuts – This Week In the Journals
December 12, 2011
By Sunnie Kim, MD
Faculty Peer Review
In an effort to steer clear of financial collapse, European leaders announced last week that they signed an intergovernmental treaty to enforce stricter budgetary discipline. The treaty, …
Mystery Quiz
December 9, 2011Vivian Hayashi MD and Robert Smith MD, Mystery Quiz Section Editors
The patient is a 52 year old African-American man who presented with breathlessness and weight loss over one month along with watery stools during the week prior to admission. He had a history of untreated HIV infection, a CD4 cell …
Is There Really Any Role For Steroids In Acute Alcoholic Hepatitis?
December 8, 2011
By Keri Herzog, MD
Faculty Peer Reviewed
The patient is a 48-year-old male with a history of heavy alcohol use (he drinks about 1 pint of vodka daily) who presented to the hospital when …
Primecuts – This Week In The Journals
December 6, 2011
By Nicholas Amoroso, MD
Faculty Peer Reviewed
The Holidays Are Upon Us…Mostly in Our Waistline Region
At this time of year our daily doses of gingerbread cookies, pumpkin pies, and glasses of wine are inversely …
Dance Therapy in Parkinson’s Disease: Can the Argentine Tango Improve Motor Function?
December 2, 2011
By Neha Jindal
Faculty Peer Reviewed
Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a progressive neurodegenerative movement disorder that affects over 1 million people in the United States. People with PD often demonstrate postural instability, …
Mystery Quiz
November 30, 2011Vivian Hayashi MD and Robert Smith MD, Mystery Quiz Section Editors
The patient is a 52 year old African-American man who presented with breathlessness and weight loss over one month along with watery stools during the week prior to admission. He had a history of untreated HIV infection, a CD4 cell …