Kevin Hsueh, MD
This week finally sees the passage of a belated, but significant milestone in healthcare reform in the United States. On Christmas Eve ’09, the Senate passed its version …
Clinical Correlations
The NYU Langone Health Online Journal of Medicine
Tales of Survival: The Bellevue Clap
December 24, 2009
Bellevue Hospital, the nation’s oldest public hospital and the heart of our residency program, provides unique and unforgettable training for new physicians. It is probably safe to say that every resident who trains at …
Primecuts-This Week in the Journals
December 22, 2009
Ishmeal Bradley, MD
The year 2009 could aptly be named “The Year of the Swine Flu.” Indeed, the emergence of a new influenza pandemic was the biggest health story of the …
Tailoring Colon Cancer Screening
December 19, 2009
Guidelines for Colorectal Cancer Screening and the Recent Evidence Behind Them
Nazia Hasan, MD MPH
Faculty peer reviewed
For most residents, screening for colorectal cancer (CRC) may seem as established as that for breast and cervical cancer. In reality, the use of CRC …
Meeting Perspectives: American Heart Association Scientific Sessions 2009
December 16, 2009
Steven Sedlis, MD
The annual scientific session of the American Heart Association (AHA) was held in Orlando on November 14-18 2009. It felt like a ghost town. I …
Primecuts-This Week in the Journals
December 14, 2009
Sarah Lee, MD
As the national healthcare debate rages on and while winter decides to give us a premature hello, Primecuts turns its view towards the overuse of antibiotics in the …
Tailoring Colon Cancer Screening
December 11, 2009
Guidelines for Colorectal Cancer Screening and the Recent Evidence Behind Them
Nazia Hasan, MD MPH
Faculty peer reviewed
For most residents, screening for colorectal cancer (CRC) may seem as established as that for breast and …
Prostate Cancer Screening: Where Do We Stand Now?
December 9, 2009
Annery Garcia
Prostate cancer is the second most common cancer in western men and the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths in men in the U.S.1 In 2007 approximately 218,890 men …