Erin Ducharme MD
Faculty peer reviewed by Rardi Feigenbaum MD
Urticaria is a common cutaneous disorder characterized by transient edematous plaques resulting from acute dermal edema and surrounding erythema. Roughly 20% of …
Clinical Correlations
The NYU Langone Health Online Journal of Medicine
Primecuts-This Week in the Journals
September 7, 2009
Robert Gianotti, MD
Labor Day is upon us and the summer is now officially over…and what a summer it has been! The entire world was gripped with fears of H1N1, we …
Myths and Realities: Ginger Ale in Treating Nausea and Vomiting
September 3, 2009
Chau Che MD
Faculty peer reviewed
Despite the numerous medications available for the treatment of nausea and vomiting, some patients and doctors insist that ginger ale will alleviate gastrointestinal symptoms. …
How Should You Approach a Geriatric Insomniac?
September 2, 2009
Gilda Boroumand, MS4
Faculty Peer Reviewed
Chronic insomnia, defined as difficulty with the initiation, maintenance, duration, and quality of sleep for at least one month, is a common complaint with …
PrimeCuts: This Week in the Journals
August 31, 2009
Christina Adaniel MD
Faculty peer reviewed
The country mourned over the loss of Senator Kennedy this week, 15 months after his diagnosis with malignant glioma. As plans for healthcare reform …
Can you offer a liver transplant to a patient with HIV?
August 28, 2009
Faculty Peer Reviewed
Uzma Sarwar MD
Coincident with greater use of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART), chronic liver disease has become one of the leading causes of death amongst HIV patients. This …
Diseases 2.0: Calcific Uremic Arteriolopathy (CUA)
August 26, 2009
Rebecca Hall MD
Faculty Peer Reviewed
Diseases 2.0 – Bringing you the latest updates on disease pathophysiology and treatment
Patient S.J. is a 36 year old female with a …
PrimeCuts: Week of August 24th
August 24, 2009
Jon-Emile Kenny
Faculty Reviewed
Roughly 40,000 women die each year in the United States from breast cancer, and nearly 200,000 will be newly diagnosed; we have all been affected by this disease, and this week’s PrimeCuts …