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 for …
Clinical Correlations
The NYU Langone Health Online Journal of Medicine
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 …
PrimeCuts- This Week in the Journals
July 27, 2009
Onyeka Okonkwo MD
Faculty peer reviewed
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is the most common cause of dementia affecting over 4.5 million Americans, with cases in the US projected to triple over …
Practicing Medicine in Rural America
July 24, 2009 
Erin Ducharme MD
This entry is the final in a three part series where I share highlights from my conversation with my home-town physician from rural southern Iowa. Here …
Mystery Quiz- The Answer
July 23, 2009Vivian Hayashi MD and Robert Smith MD, Mystery Quiz Section Editors
The answer to the mystery quiz is bland alveolar hemorrhage. The CXR (image 1) shows cardiomegaly with mild increase in opacification of the right middle and right lower lobes. The CT images show areas of multifocal …
Much Ado about Comparative Effectiveness
July 22, 2009
Minal Kale MD
Nirav R. Shah MD, MPH
In the last few months, academic research communities have been all aflutter with the unprecedented sums of money that are up for grabs, …