Benjamin Wu, MD
Faculty Peer Reviewed
The year started with a bang at NYU and brought with it new faces, opportunities, and challenges. At the height of summer, we find the changes that are affecting the politics in …
Clinical Correlations
The NYU Langone Health Online Journal of Medicine
Tales of Survival: Physical Exam
July 15, 2011
By John Hwang
General
Patient is a demented, chronically ill elderly male lying in bed attached to a ventilator, appearing anything but his stated age. Contracted in a fetal position, huddled under the bed sheet with only his bald …
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus and Premature Coronary Artery Disease
July 14, 2011
Please enjoy this post from the Clinical Correlations archives first posted June 17, 2009
Ishmeal Bradley MD
Faculty Peer Reviewed
Ms. W is a 35 yo woman with a history of systemic lupus erythematosus diagnosed 10 years ago. Her only medications are hydroxychloroquine …
Understanding the Zoster Vaccine
July 13, 2011
By Michael Cohen
Faculty Peer Reviewed
The varicella-zoster virus (VZV) is well known to the majority of the population. In children, it strikes as varicella (chickenpox), characterized by pruritic, vesicular lesions in different stages of development dispersed over the body. …
Primecuts – This Week In The Journals
July 11, 2011
By Rachel Bond, MD
Faculty Peer Reviewed
January 11, 2010: The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) announces proposed targets for the voluntary reduction of salt found in packaged and restaurant foods. The ultimate goal of …
Do Soft Drinks Cause Hypertension?
July 8, 2011
By Ivan Saraiva, MD
Faculty Peer Reviewed
Sugared soft drinks are among the most heavily consumed drinks in the US. Carbonated soft drinks were first invented as a way to make “healthier” water that looked like natural carbonated waters that …
ANCA and Small-Vessel Vasculitis
July 7, 2011
By Eugene Friedman, Class of 2012
Faculty Peer Reviewed
The discovery of anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies (ANCA) was a serendipitous finding. In 1982, Davies and colleagues published a report detailing their discovery of antibodies that specifically localized to the cytoplasm of …
Primecuts – This Week In The Journals
July 5, 2011
Jeffrey Shyu, MD
Faculty Peer Reviewed
As the debt ceiling debate continues to rage stateside and as Greece’s financial bailout negotiations take up international headlines, this past week also proved to be …