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 …
Clinical Correlations
The NYU Langone Health Online Journal of Medicine
A Primer on H1N1
July 15, 2009Liana Barkan MD
Faculty Peer ReviewedÂ
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Ethics Commentary: Communication and Breaking Bad News
July 2, 2009
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 …
Breaking News: Federal Advisory Panel Recommends Ban on Vicodin and Percocet
July 1, 2009
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 …