Katie Miro MD
Faculty peer reviewed
Americans took the time last week to honor the men and women who fought for our country as Veteran’s Day was marked with parades and celebration …
Clinical Correlations
The NYU Langone Health Online Journal of Medicine
Therapeutic Hypothermia
November 12, 2009
Catherine Lucero, MD
Faculty peer reviewed
A recent article in the New York Times highlighted the remarkable recovery of a doctor who regained essentially all his mental function just six weeks after suffering …
Clinical Correlations Awarded Gold eHealthcare Leadership Award
November 11, 2009We are very excited to announce that Clinical Correlations has been awarded the 2009 Gold eHealthcare Leadership Award. This awards program, now in it’s tenth year, is the largest web-oriented awards program that is focused exclusively on healthcare. The program attracts over 1100 entrants. Clinical Correlations won this …
PrimeCuts: This Week in the Journals
November 9, 2009
Megha Shah MD
Faculty peer reviewed
Do we fail to make healthy choices simply because we lack information? If we knew that a tall sized Starbucks Caramel Frappuccino with whip …
Breaking News: FDA issues new warning for Exenatide (Byetta®)
November 5, 2009
Kanika Ballani, Pharm.D.
Diana Hubulasvili, Pharm.D.
Developed by Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Exenatide (Byetta®) is an incretin mimetic that is used as an adjunctive therapy with metformin, a sulfonylurea or a thiazolidinedione to improve glycemic …
How Does Alcohol Cause Cardiomyopathy?
November 4, 2009
Charles Levine
Faculty peer reviewed
Excessive consumption of ethanol (EtOH) has many deleterious effects on the human body. The heart is a target of damage from EtOH consumption, as chronic …
PrimeCuts: This Week in the Journals
November 2, 2009
Tao Xu MD
Faculty peer reviewed
As we approach the end of fall, with large crowds in a variety of costumes gleefully …
Tailoring Colon Cancer Screening
October 29, 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 …