Commentary by Josh Olstein MD, NYU Chief Resident
This week’s edition of shortcuts begins with an article from the NEJM looking at the role of cardiac troponin in patients with acute decompensated heart failure. …
Clinical Correlations
The NYU Langone Health Online Journal of Medicine
Riegel v. Medtronic: Vaccination Against Medical Device Liability?
May 24, 2008
Commentary by Sandeep Mangalmurti MD, JD PGY-2
It is difficult to overstate the importance of the Supreme Court’s recent decision in Riegel v. Medtronic [1] the first of a series of cases that …
Meeting Perspectives: American College of Cardiology, Part 3
May 22, 2008
Commentary by Rob Donnino MD, NYU Division of Cardiology
The annual meeting of the ACC was held last month in Chicago. A good number of NYU faculty and fellows either presented at or attended the meetings. The cardiology fellows exhibited an …
ShortCuts-This Week in the Journals
May 19, 2008Commentary by Michael Tanner, M.D., Section Editor, Clinical Correlations
In the May 15th issue of the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, the CDC recommends vaccinating all people 60 and older against shingles with …
The Skinny on Hoodia
May 16, 2008
Commentary by Melissa Freeman, PGY-2
As summertime is just around the corner, many begin to evaluate whether their bodies are ready to expose what has been hidden under those bulky winter clothes. Between busy …
Approach to a Patient with ‘Treatment Refractory’ Depression in The Medical Setting: Part 1
May 15, 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 for a number of reasons. These may include an …
Meeting Perspectives: American College of Cardiology, Part 2
May 14, 2008Commentary by Rob Donnino MD, NYU Division of Cardiology
The annual meeting of the ACC was held last month in Chicago. A good number of NYU faculty and fellows either presented at or attended the meetings. The cardiology fellows exhibited an …
ShortCuts-This Week in the Journals
May 12, 2008
Commentary by Cara Litvin MD, Executive Editor, Clinical Correlations
Making headlines this week was a study published in JAMA analyzing prospective data from over 100,000 female participants in the Nurses’ Health Study for …