Liana Barkan MD
Faculty Peer Reviewed
So much mystery and confusion, and yet so few answers, surround the current H1N1 Pandemic. From where did it come? How did it evolve to have genes from avian, human, and swine flu viruses? How does a virus that normally requires direct …
Ami Jhaveri MD
Faculty Peer Reviewed
A low calorie diet, high adiponectin levels, new anti-cancer agents, and for patients on erythropoietin, hemoglobin levels between 9-12 g/dL are on the prescription …
Commentary by Kristy Bauer MD and Nishay Chitkara MD, NYU Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
The 2009 meeting of the American Thoracic Society took place in sunny San …
Ishmeal Bradley MD
Faculty Peer Reviewed
Let’s face it, the American population is getting older. With the graying of our populace (life expectancy 80 years for females, 74 for …
Commentary on Dr. Cox’s Tales of Survival by Antonella Surbone MD PhD FACP, Ethics Editor
Commenting on Dr. Cox’s honest heartfelt piece is not an easy task and even less so for …
Aalok Turakhia MD
In an attempt to err on the side of safety, an advisory panel to the Federal Food and Drug Administration narrowly voted yesterday to ban the popular …
Sarah Moore MD
Faculty peer reviewed
If you’ve seen the news or even the cover this week’s Economist on newsstands (Obama as surgeon with a very large needle promising …
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 …