Commentary by Laura Evans MD, NYU Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
The 2008 American Thoracic Society (ATS) meeting took place from May 16-21 in Toronto, Ontario. Over 16,000 physicians, nurses and …
Clinical Correlations
The NYU Langone Health Online Journal of Medicine
ShortCuts-This Week in the Journals
June 16, 2008
Commentary by Joshua Remick MD, NYU Senior Chief Resident
We’ll start this week off with some good news—we’re living longer and dying less! At least we were back in 2006. You remember 2006 …
Neutropenic Precautions Demystified
June 13, 2008
Commentary by Rachana Jani MD, PGY-1 and Neal Steigbigel MD, Professor of Medicine (Infectious Diseases/Immunology)
Rachana Jani MD: Walking onto an oncology floor, one cannot help but notice the precautionary signs that …
Should H. pylori Eradication Be Confirmed?
June 12, 2008
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 …
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 …
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 …
HotSpots: Wave-maven, Clinical Trial Results and Gold Miner
June 6, 2008
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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. …