By Ivan Saraiva, MD
Faculty Peer Reviewed
“Mr. Dockery was a police officer in the town of Walden, northwest of Chattanooga, when he was shot in the forehead as he responded to …
Clinical Correlations
The NYU Langone Health Online Journal of Medicine
Warning: Drinking Cola May Be Dangerous To Your Health
May 11, 2011
By Jessica Leifer
Faculty Peer Reviewed
As a new third year medical student excited to finally be seeing my own patients and still looking for my style as an interviewer, …
Primecuts – This Week In The Journals
May 9, 2011
By Megha Shah, MD
Faculty Peer Reviewed
This week we were witness to the courage, perseverance, and ultimately, the triumph of the American military in the ongoing efforts against terrorism. …
Primecuts – This Week In The Journals
May 2, 2011
By Ian Fagan, MD
Faculty Peer Reviewed
Is springtime the season for love? Take a look outside—the birds are chirping, the bees are buzzing, the flowers are blooming. There …
Watermelons for Medicine: Global Health and Residency Training
April 29, 2011
By Lucy Doyle, MD
Faculty Peer Reviewed
Ten years ago, I found myself in a village in rural central China that was ravaged by AIDS. Villagers had contracted the disease through a contaminated blood-selling …
How Safe Is That Tattoo?
April 27, 2011
By Farzon A. Nahvi
Faculty Peer Reviewed
Once thought to be exclusively the domain of gang members, prisoners, and those in the military, tattoos are now increasingly popular with the …
Primecuts – This Week In The Journals
April 25, 2011
By Keri Herzog, MD
Faculty Peer Reviewed
Amidst tornadoes in the southeast, wildfires in the southwest, and flooding in the northeast, it is often impossible to predict when or who may …
Primecuts – This Week In The Journals
April 18, 2011
By Melissa Mroz, MD
Faculty Peer Reviewed
Protection was the theme in journals for the second week of April. The New York Times and NEJM both published the results from …