Commentary by  Howard Furst MD and Mitchell Charap MD
We will focus our review of the 2008 ADA meetings on new data regarding the GLP-1 analogues and the DPP 4 inhibitors. Before describing …
Clinical Correlations
The NYU Langone Health Online Journal of Medicine
Grand Rounds: Thyroid Disease and the Heart
September 24, 2008
 Commentary by Sarika Modi MD, PGY-2 Â
Dr. Irwin Klein MD, Professor of Medicine and Cell Biology, of North Shore University Hospital, gave grand rounds on “Thyroid Disease and the Heart” on September 17, …
ShortCuts- This Week in the Journals
September 22, 2008
Commentary by Rachana Jani MD, PGY-2
This past week has been emotional to say the least. Fall has officially begun and the stock market continues to be in disarray. Nevertheless, the Wall Street Journal …
Mystery Quiz
September 19, 2008Posted by Vivian Hayashi MD and Robert Smith MD, Mystery Quiz Section Editors
The patient is a 76 year old man with history of moderate-to-severe COPD who presented with three days of fever, breathlessness, and productive cough. Past surgical history is significant for vagotomy and partial gastrectomy 16 years earlier and a cholecystectomy …
Grand Rounds: “Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome and Acute Lung Injury”
September 17, 2008
Commentary by Matthias Kugler MD, PGY-3
Please also see the Grand Rounds Clinical Vignette
Leonhard D Hudson, M.D., Professor of Medicine, Pulmonary and Critical Division, University of Washington, Seattle, spoke at Medical Grand Rounds about the Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome …
Ethics Q&A
September 16, 2008
Q: What is the appropriate response for an internist to the phone call from a friend….”I hate to ask you but,….I have this minor problem and could you help me over the phone or in …
Shortcuts- This Week in the Journals
September 15, 2008
Commentary by Cara Litvin MD, Executive Editor, Clinical CorrelationsÂ
It’s been easy to become distracted from medicine with all the other news going on this week. First Ike ravaged Texas and now …
Clinical Pathology Conference 9/08
September 12, 2008
Case presentation by Sameer Dhalla MD, NYU Chief Resident
Welcome to the monthly posting of our NYU Department of Medicine’s Clinical Pathology Conference. Use the link below to review the case, followed by a slide presentation of the radiological findings. …