Diana Hubulashvili, Pharm.D.PrimeCuts: This Week in the Journals
April 5, 2010
Ankit Parikh MD
Faculty peer reviewed
It is time for the first Primecuts of April and the signs of spring are all around us. But before we spring forward into …
Breaking News: The Crestor Controversy
April 1, 2010
Devyani Kothari, MD
Patients are already talking about a New York Times front page article highlighting the risks associated with statin use as a preventive measure for cardiovascular events in relatively “healthy” people. The piece …
How Easily is Tuberculosis Spread?
March 31, 2010
Molly Cason
Faculty peer reviewed
In a city of over 8 million people, New York City has an annual tuberculosis case rate of 11.4 per 100,000 people, which is more …
Primecuts-This Week in the Journals
March 29, 2010
Kara Greenwald, MD
Faculty Peer Reviewed
The United States medical community, still reeling from an exciting debate in Congress, has revealed its cautiously optimistic side this week in the …
Mystery Quiz- The Answer
March 28, 2010Vivian Hayashi MD and Robert Smith MD, Mystery Quiz Section Editors
The answer to the mystery quiz is progressive massive fibrosis. This condition is a severe form of silicosis. The chest radiograph (Image 3) shows bullous disease of the right upper lobe, increased density of the right …
The Evolution of Cardiac Biomarkers: What’s on the Horizon?
March 24, 2010
Rushi Parikh
Faculty peer reviewed
Cardiac biomarkers have historically been a mainstay of the diagnostic criteria of acute coronary syndrome (ACS). Previously utilized cardiac biomarkers include aspartate aminotransferase (AST), lactate …
PrimeCuts: This Week in the Journals
March 22, 2010
Carolyn Bevan MD
Faculty peer reviewed
This week, as the House passed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, the medical community highlighted some of its most recent achievements in …