Commentary by Katherine Khvilivitzky, NYU Medical Student
Class act is a feature of Clinical Correlations written by NYU 3rd and 4th year medical students. These posts focus on evidenced based answers to …
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A Brief Glance at the Relationship between Varicocele and Infertility
March 19, 2008
Commentary by Melissa Freeman MD, PGY-2
A 30 year-old male resident presents to his primary care physician for a routine physical examination. A small, nontender left-sided scrotal mass is felt. The patient states that this …
ShortCuts-This Week in the Journals
March 17, 2008
Commentary by Josh Olstein MD, Associate Editor, Clinical Correlations
Let’s begin this St. Patrick’s Day edition of ShortCuts with a look across the pond. An article published in this week’s edition of …
Breaking Bad News to Patients- A Challenge for Residents
March 13, 2008
Commentary by Parul Gandhi MD, PGY-2
Bad news can be defined as “Situations where there is either a feeling of no hope, a threat to a person’s mental or physical well-being, a …
Class Act: Is there clinical evidence for use of probiotics in the treatment of IBS?
March 12, 2008
Class act is a feature of Clinical Correlations written by NYU 3rd and 4th year medical students. These posts focus on evidenced based answers to clinical questions related to patients seen by …
ShortCuts-This Week in the Journals
March 10, 2008
Commentary by Cara Litvin MD, Executive Editor, Clinical Correlations
Vaccines were the buzz this week after it was made public that a federal government program designed to compensate people after vaccine injuries agreed …
HotSpots: Promed
March 7, 2008
Welcome to HotSpots, a new feature of Clinical Correlations. In this series, we intend to highlight unique websites of interest to the medical profession. Feel free to make suggestions for sites that should …
Ethical Dilemmas: Medical Futility-The Texas Approach
March 6, 2008
Commentary by Vlad Fridman MD, PGY-3
Futility is a topic which has been debated since the beginning of modern medicine. In Hippocratic times, medical practitioners were called upon to serve three …