By Johain Ounadjela
Peer Reviewed
I still remember filling out the application form for my driver’s license at the Redwood City, California Department of Motor Vehicles. I was 16 years old and ready to zoom around …
Clinical Correlations
The NYU Langone Health Online Journal of Medicine
Jefferson Airplane Gave Me Tinnitus
July 18, 2024
By Dr. Michael Tanner
The author, at age 14 in 1968, with pennies on his eyes, wearing a Napoleonic military jacket fashionable at the time.
Albums clockwise from top left:
After Bathing at Baxter’s (Jefferson Airplane),
Blonde on Blonde (Bob Dylan),
Disraeli Gears (Cream),
Magical Mystery Tour …
The Silence Killer: Tinnitus and the Soundscape of Current Treatment
July 16, 2024
By Carolyn Akers
Peer Reviewed
Roger Daltrey, co-founder and lead singer of The Who, had this to say of bandmate Pete Townshend’s famous penchant for bludgeoning Fender Stratocasters:
“Pete wasn’t just smashing his guitar. He used …
Medicare Part D Price Negotiations
May 1, 2024
By Alison Cline
Peer Reviewed
Let’s Start with a Case…
A 79-year-old man with a history of atrial fibrillation and stroke presents to the emergency department with new focal neurologic deficits in the setting of a recent …
Angling a Babel Fish: the Evolving Role of AI Language Models in Medical Interpretation
April 17, 2024
By Eric Hu
Peer Reviewed
“May I have the patient’s first name, last name, and medical record number?” The fellow, shooting a piercing glance at the interpreter through the wall-mounted phone, broadcasted her annoyance at …
Challenges with Polypharmacy in the Geriatric Population
April 9, 2024
By Olivia Descorbeth
Peer Reviewed
As individuals advance in age, they tend to accumulate medical conditions that require a bevy of pharmaceutical treatments to manage. As a result, polypharmacy, generally defined as the use of …
Buprenorphine After the X-Waiver
April 2, 2024
By Sarah M. Jackson
Peer Reviewed
During the COVID-19 pandemic, opioid overdose deaths increased from 50,000 in 2019 to 80,000 in 2021, largely driven by synthetic opioids such as fentanyl.1 Despite the escalating use of …
Too Much of a Good Thing: Can HDL Cholesterol Be Too High?
October 25, 2023
By Matthew Auda
Peer Reviewed
Let’s begin with a case. The patient is a 67-year-old female with a past medical history of hypothyroidism referred to your Cardiology Clinic by her primary care physician for cardiovascular …