Commentary on last week’s “Physician Assisted Suicide—Is now the time?” by Antonella Surbone, MD PhD FACP, Ethics Editor, Clinical Correlations.
Last week’s piece on Physician Assisted Suicide (PAS) by Dr. Juliana Eng addresses in …
Clinical Correlations
The NYU Langone Health Online Journal of Medicine
Motivational Interviewing: Can You Really Change Behaviors?
April 27, 2010
Emily Stamell
Faculty peer reviewed
As a well-trained fourth year medical student, I inquire about smoking habits as part of almost all my patient encounters. Yet, I do not recall …
Primecuts: This Week In the Journals
April 26, 2010
Bora Toklu, MD
Faculty Peer Reviewed
As the spring is phasing in, it’s again that time of the year when an uncomfortable guilt sets in as you recover from the …
Physician-assisted Suicide – Is Now the Time?
April 24, 2010
Juliana Eng MD
Several months ago, the U.K. courts ordered Ken Starmer, Director of Public Prosecutions, to delineate the conditions under which his office would be likely or unlikely to prosecute …
Alzheimer’s Disease 2.0
April 21, 2010
Jeffery Mayne MD
Faculty peer reviewed
Dr. Okonkwo’s post this past summer to PrimeCuts summarized ongoing research in Alzheimer’s Disease (AD), the most common cause of dementia affecting 15 million …
Primecuts: This Week in the Journals
April 19, 2010
Chau Che, MD
Faculty Peer Reviewed
In the economic news this week, the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed above 11,000 for the first time since September 2008. It appears that the economy is …
Which Thyroid Antibody Assays Should be Checked in Patients with Thyroid Disease?
April 14, 2010
Michael Chu MD
Faculty peer reviewed
Case:
A 44-year old female presented to the emergency room with complaints of a lower extremity rash and swelling. The patient had been …
Primecuts: This Week in the Journals
April 12, 2010
Robert Gianotti, MD
Faculty Peer Reviewed
Welcome back to this week’s edition of prime cuts. For all you sports fans out there it has been filled with some exciting comebacks …