Clinical Correlations

The NYU Langone Health Online Journal of Medicine


Is prescribing placebos an ethical practice?

Ethics 5 min read

placebo.jpgCommentary by Antonella Surbone, MD PhD FACP, NYU Department of Medicine, Clinical Correlations Ethics Section Editor

In October 2008, BMJ published a research article entitled “Prescribing placebo treatments: results of a national survey of US …

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PrimeCuts: This Week in the Journals

PrimeCuts 4 min read

pilot.JPGCommentary by Josh Remick MD, NYU Senior Chief Resident 

It was quite the week in Medicine, spanning from politics to plagiarism, pregnancy to pain, steroids to statins and artificial limbs to A-Roid.  And …

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PrimeCuts: This Week in the Journals

PrimeCuts 4 min read

trees.JPGCommentary by Michael Poles MD, Associate Editor, Clinical Correlations 

Welcome to this week’s primecuts. Let’s slice right in and take a big bite out of last week’s medical news, starting with a little …

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Diseases 2.0: Sepsis

fluid11.jpgDiseases 2.0 – Bringing you the latest updates on disease pathophysiology and treatment

Commentary by Andrew McKinstry MD PGY-1

Faculty Peer Reviewed

For anyone who has stepped into an ICU, the septic patient is a familiar …

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PrimeCuts: This Week in the Journals

PrimeCuts 5 min read

wintersunset.JPGCommentary by Sherley Abraham MD PGY-3

Faculty Peer Reviewed

This week we reflect on the interplay in life which is showcased by two football teams. In medicine, it plays out between two …

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