Commentary by Danise Schiliro-Chuang MD, NYU Chief ResidentÂ
Hello and welcome to this week’s shortcuts. Let’s jump right to what’s new in the journals.
Two large, multicenter, randomized controlled studies published in the February …
Clinical Correlations
The NYU Langone Health Online Journal of Medicine
Bedside Rounds Series: Goiter
February 21, 2008Commentary by Kristin Remus MD, PGY-3, and Judith Brenner MD, Associate Program Director, NYU Internal Medicine Residency Program
The purpose of the physical diagnosis series is to review the origins, pathophysiology and actual techniques of common physical diagnoses. Our hopes are to renew interest in an area of medicine that is …
Measles Alert!
February 20, 2008
Commentary by Rosemary Adamson MD, PGY-2
Be on the look-out for measles! New York City’s Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) issued a measles alert at the end of last November because there were …
ShortCuts-This Week in the Journals
February 18, 2008
Commentary by Michael Poles MD, Associate Editor, Clinical CorrelationsÂ
Welcome back blogophiles to this week’s clinical correlations. Hope you all had a nice President’s Day weekend. Now, let’s move on to …
Grand Rounds: “Fibromyalgia and Homeopathy: Holmes, Hogwarts and the Prince of Wales”
February 14, 2008
Commentary by Nitasha Sarswat MD, PGY-3Â
This week’s Medicine Grand Rounds speaker was Gerald Weissmann, MD, a familiar face at Bellevue/NYU. He is a professor of rheumatology, the former chairman of …
Clinical Pathology Conference 1/08- The Answer
February 13, 2008Case Presentation by Minisha Sood MD, Chief Resident
Please review the posting of our prior CPC here.
When you’re ready you can download the CPC Answer.
Shortcuts-This Week in the Journals
February 11, 2008
Commentary by Aaron Lord MD, Copy Editor, Clinical Correlations
The medical news event of the week was of course the early termination of the glucose control arm of the ACCORD trial, which …
A New Path for the ACCORD (The Action to Control Cardiovascular Risk in Diabetes) trial: Does Being Sweeter Save Lives?
February 8, 2008
Commentary by Melissa Freeman MD, Endocrinology Section Editor
The ACCORD trial is an ongoing 5-year, North American, randomized study that began in 2001 to evaluate potential interventions to decrease cardiovascular (CV) events …