Please enjoy this post from the Clinical Correlations archives first posted May 7, 2009
Seema Pursnani, MD
Because your parents have designated you as the family doctor, your Uncle Joe …
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Is Dark Chocolate Good For You?
March 30, 2011
By Lisa Parikh, MD
Faculty Peer Reviewed
I was recently counseling an overweight patient about nutrition and exercise when he asked, “Doc, is it true what they say about …
Primecuts – This Week In The Journals
March 28, 2011
By Vicky Jones, MD
Faculty Peer Reviewed
This past week in research had some interesting findings that may change the way we prevent, diagnose, and treat disease across disciplines.
At …
From The Archives: The Skinny on Cachexia…Can it be Treated?
March 24, 2011 
Please enjoy this post from the Clinical Correlations archives first posted April 22, 2009
Michael T. Tees, MD, MPH
On the wards and in the clinic, the physician …
Educating Patients About Sun Exposure
March 23, 2011
By Courtney Maxey
Faculty Peer Reviewed
At this point it seems that the general public is aware of the relationship between exposure to the sun and skin cancer. It …
Primecuts – This Week In The Journals
March 21, 2011
By Ben Wu, MD
Faculty Peer Reviewed
As the long winter gives way to a tumultuous spring, we find our attention torn between budding revolutions in North Africa and …
Twisted Translation: Using Friends and Family Members As Medical Interpreters
March 18, 2011
By Nina Sainath, Class of 2011
Faculty Peer Reviewed
According to the latest US Census Bureau report analyzing the use …
The Myth of the Helminth: Can Worms be the Next Therapeutic Breakthrough for IBD Patients?
March 16, 2011
By Michael Guss, Class of 2012
Faculty Peer Reviewed
Helminths–parasitic worms that have co-evolved with humans and colonized our gastrointestinal (GI) tract for millennia–have developed the ability to modulate …