Farshid Yazdi MD
Faculty Peer Reviewed
In America, we are quickly coming upon a moment in history that will likely affect us for decades to come. A recent article in the …
Clinical Correlations
The NYU Langone Health Online Journal of Medicine
Mystery Quiz
July 18, 2009Vivian Hayashi MD and Robert Smith MD, Mystery Quiz Section Editors
The patient is a 74 year old man complaining of hemoptysis for four days. The patient has a history of hypertension, but had not been followed medically for many years until two weeks earlier when he presented with …
Myths and Realities: Colon Cleansing: Healthful or just a load of @$%!
July 16, 2009
Chau Che MD
Faculty Peer Reviewed
You’ll have increased energy, radiant skin, reduced joint pain, improved asthma symptoms, and best of all…you will lose weight. These are some of the purported …
A Primer on H1N1
July 15, 2009Liana 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 …
PrimeCuts: This Week in the Journals
July 13, 2009
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 …
Meeting Perspectives: The 2009 American Thoracic Society (ATS) International Conference
July 8, 2009
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 Diego, …
PrimeCuts: This Week in the Journals
July 6, 2009
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 males), …
Practicing Medicine in Rural America, Part II
July 3, 2009
Erin Ducharme MD
This entry is the second in a three part series where I share highlights from my conversation with my home-town physician from rural southern Iowa. The town where …