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 prescription …
Clinical Correlations
The NYU Langone Health Online Journal of Medicine
PrimeCuts: This Week in the Journals
June 29, 2009
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 that …
Tales of Survival
June 25, 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 …
Medicine by the Numbers
June 24, 2009
Rebecca Hall MD
50:Â The number of patients on >100mg/day of methadone needed to be screened with an EKG to detect 1 person with a QTc >500 ms
A …
PrimeCuts: This Week in the Journals
June 22, 2009
Microbes and Molecules
Jon-Emile Kenny MD
Faculty Peer Reviewed
With the recent sensory overload regarding swine flu, I’ve spent considerable time pondering our immune system – …
Practicing Medicine in Rural America
June 20, 2009
Erin Ducharme MD
Part I. Tales from the barn
In the first of this three part series about life as a small town family physician, I introduce the doc (and rock band member) who spinal …
Myths and Realities: Is Breakfast the Most Important Meal of the Day?
June 18, 2009
Chau Che MD
Faculty Peer Reviewed
In an age when two thirds of adults are either overweight or obese and obesity rates in children continue to rise, would an intervention …
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus and Premature Coronary Artery Disease
June 17, 2009
Ishmeal  Bradley MD
Faculty Peer Reviewed
Ms. W is a 35 yo woman with a history of systemic lupus erythematosus diagnosed 10 years ago. Her only medications are hydroxychloroquine and …