Commentary by Fritz Francois, MD, MS, NYU Division of Gastroenterology
Humans are essentially the only reservoir for Helicobacter pylori, which is estimated to colonize the stomach of about half the world’s population (1). …
Clinical Correlations
The NYU Langone Health Online Journal of Medicine
Some say tomato, some say nationwide outbreak of Samonellosis
June 10, 2008
Commentary by Chirayu Gor, MD
The CDC has issued an alert regarding the outbreak of a rare type of Salmonella, termed Salmonella Saintpaul. Since mid-April, over 140 persons have been identified in 16 …
ShortCuts-This Week in the Journals
June 9, 2008
Commentary by Neil Shapiro MD, Editor-in-Chief, Clinical Correlations
Spiking oil prices, unemployment at 5.5%, Israel considering bombing Iran, 95 degree heat in early June, the White House exaggerating the case to go to …
HotSpots: Wave-maven, Clinical Trial Results and Gold Miner
June 6, 2008
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Commentary by Rachana …
Grand Rounds: “Nephrogenic systemic fibrosis”
June 5, 2008
Commentary by Jatin Roper MD, PGY-3
Medical Grand Rounds today was presented last week by Dr. Shawn Cowper, Assistant Professor of Dermatology and Pathology at Yale University School of Medicine. …
Pharmaceutical industry marketing to physicians: what’s the big deal?
June 4, 2008
Commentary by Jatin Roper, MD, PGY3, NYU Internal Medicine and Nitin Roper, MSIII, University of Connecticut School of Medicine
Pharmaceutical companies play a vital role in improving the public health through drug discovery. …
ShortCuts-This Week in the Journals
June 2, 2008
Commentary by Henry Tran, MD
Opiate-induced constipation is frequently encountered by hospitalized patients. As Ben Franklin said, “An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure,” therefore an aggressive bowel regiment of …
Approach to a Patient with ‘Treatment Refractory’ Depression in The Medical Setting: Part 2
May 29, 2008
Commentary by Brian Bronson, MD, Chief of Psychosomatic Medicine, VA New York Harbor, New York Campus
Summary: Symptoms of depression in the medical setting may not respond to usual pharmacologic antidepressant treatment …