Eve Wadsworth MD
Faculty Peer Reviewed
Polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) is a condition that resembles several different disorders including osteoarthritis and can be difficult to diagnose. In addition to osteoarthritis, PMR can …
Clinical Correlations
The NYU Langone Health Online Journal of Medicine
PrimeCuts: This Week in the Journals
August 10, 2009
Jeff Mayne MD
Faculty Peer Reviewed
This weeks PrimeCuts focuses on vertebroplasty for vertebral compression fractures, Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) misconceptions, and the efficacy of screening for intimate partner violence. Vertebroplasty is …
Myths and Realities: Does holding your breath really cure hiccups?
August 6, 2009
Cindy Mui MD
Faculty Peer Reviewed
Hiccups, or singultus, are sudden, involuntary contractions of the diaphragm, which are terminated by abrupt closure of the glottis, producing their characteristic sound. Hiccups …
Evolution and Medicine: Practicing medicine with only half of biology?
August 5, 2009
Mark Schwartz MD
Why do we age? Why is congestive heart failure so common? Why do so many of us wear glasses? Why is there a menopause? Why must we sleep? …
PrimeCuts: This Week in the Journals
August 3, 2009
Michael Chu MD
Faculty Peer Reviewed
With summer well underway and a new class of interns having gotten their feet wet by now (perhaps it might feel more like drowning …
Tales of Survival: Wife Knows Best
August 1, 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 Bellevue graduates with a lifetime of stories about the …
Why is Syphilis Still Sensitive to Penicillin?
July 30, 2009
Sam Rougas MD
Faculty Peer Reviewed
It seems that every week a new article in a major newspaper is reporting what most infectious disease physicians have been preaching for several years. Antibiotic resistance is …
The Asian Glow: A unique screening tool to evaluate for an elevated risk of esophageal cancer
July 29, 2009
Cindy Mui MD
Faculty Peer Reviewed
The alcohol flushing response is a physiologic response to ingestion of alcohol and is characterized by facial flushing, nausea, tachycardia, and hypotension, felt to …