Clinical Correlations

The NYU Langone Health Online Journal of Medicine

Proton Pump Inhibitors 2.0

November 26, 2010
Diseases 2.0 GI Pharmacology 5 min read

By Mary C. Whitman, MD

Faculty Peer Reviewed

Proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) are generally considered “safe” medications[1] and are prescribed to over 100 million patients per year for a variety of indications, often for …

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Primecuts – This Week In The Journals

November 22, 2010
PrimeCuts 4 min read

By Megha Shah, MD

Faculty Peer Reviewed

Things we love about Thanksgiving- turkeys, stuffing, mashed potatoes, pumpkin pie, and …Primecuts. Primecuts? Yes! What better way to be the life of …

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Off Label

November 19, 2010
Breaking News Ethics 4 min read

By Alexander Volodarskiy, MD

Faculty Peer Reviewed

In a press conference on April 27, 2010, Attorney-General Eric Holder announced that AstraZeneca had agreed to pay a $520 million fine to …

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Grand Rounds: Influenza Pandemic

November 18, 2010
Grand Rounds ID 6 min read

Summary by Lakshmi Tummala, MD

The Medical Grand Rounds lecture on October 6, 2010 titled “Influenza 2010: Update after the 2009 Pandemic was presented by Dr. Alicia Fry, M.D., MPH an …

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Mystery Quiz- The Answer

November 13, 2010
Dermatology ID Mystery Quiz 3 min read

Dana Clutter, MD

Edited by Vivian Hayashi MD and Robert Smith MD, Mystery Quiz Section Editors

Faculty peer reviewed

The answer to the mystery quiz is bacillary angiomatosis (BA). BA is a disease that most frequently affects individuals infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and typically …

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