By Lakshmi Tummala, MD
Faculty Peer Reviewed
While everyone is talking about the passage of further work hour restrictions, now limiting interns to 16-hour shifts in hopes of preventing or at least reducing “medical errors” …
Clinical Correlations
The NYU Langone Health Online Journal of Medicine
Asking the Potentially Answerable Clinical Question
October 1, 2010
By Dorice L. Vieira M.A., M.L.S.
Faculty Peer Reviewed
The title to this feature may seem a bit odd, but there is a proper way to ask evidence-based clinical …
Does Heyde Syndrome (The Association Between Aortic Stenosis And Intestinal Angiodysplasia) Exist?
September 29, 2010
By Lara Dunn, MD
Faculty Peer Reviewed
In 1958, EC Heyde published 10 cases of aortic stenosis (AS) and arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) of the gastrointestinal tract in the New …
Primecuts – This Week In The Journals
September 27, 2010
Lisa Parikh, MD
Faculty Peer Reviewed
This past week, genetics was the theme of the week. Genetically engineered salmon hit the headlines on several newspapers and magazines such as the New York …
Pass the Salt? A Look at Population-Based Sodium Reduction Interventions
September 24, 2010
By Ryan Macht, MS4
Faculty Peer Reviewed
On January 11th, the New York City Health Department announced its plans for the National Salt Reduction Initiative, a public health proposal designed …
Why Does Multiple Myeloma Treat The Kidneys So Poorly?
September 22, 2010
By Jon Emile Kenny, MD
Faculty Peer Reviewed
“You mean I’ve got cancer and my kidneys are failing, doc?” said my frail patient on the Bellevue oncology service shortly after …
Primecuts – This Week In The Journals
September 20, 2010
By Jennifer Dong, MD
Faculty Peer Reviewed
In health news this past week, there has been a significant focus on the obesity problem in the United States as well as closer …
My Chief Complaint
September 17, 2010
By Laurel Naversen Geraghty, MS4
Faculty Peer Reviewed
CC: “I’m stuck in the hospital at 9:30 p.m.”
HPI: L.G., a female G1P1 medical student immediately s/p the grueling hours …