Posted by Athena Kritharis MS-3, Vivian Hayashi MD, Instructor of Clinical Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine and Robert Smith MD, Associate Professor of Medicine, Division Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
The patient is a 42 year old Caucasian woman with no significant past medical history who presents with diffuse abdominal pain for …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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