Commentary by Vlad Fridman MD, PGY-2
$50,000. This is the price of a new (and cheap) model BMW, and also a price the US government is willing to spend to prolong your medically trained (or everyone else’s for that …
Clinical Correlations
The NYU Langone Health Online Journal of Medicine
Hyperparathyroidism in Chronic Kidney Disease
June 13, 2007
Commentary by Sarah Berry MD, PGY-3 and Joseph Weisstuch, MD Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine, Divsion of Nephrology
Case: Mr. K is a 59 year old gentleman with a past medical history of hypertension, non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus, dyslipidemia …
Clinical Commentary: The Travesty of Grinding Axes with Science: Rosiglitazone and Cardiac Risk
June 12, 2007
Welcome to our first blog commentary. One of the purposes of the blog is to generate discussion about issues in health care. This “Clinical Commentary” section is an invitation to our housestaff and faculty to submit their own thoughts and viewpoints …
ShortCuts- This Week in the Journals
June 11, 2007
It has been a little while, but stem cells are back in the news. Congress has passed legislation to provide more money for stem cell research, but did not reach a veto-proof majority. Meanwhile, scientists at MIT have successfully …
Clinical Pathology Conference 6/8/07
June 7, 2007
Welcome to the monthly posting of our NYU Department of Medicine’s Clinical Pathology Conference. Use the links below to review the case and the radiological findings. Our faculty and medical students will be attempting to diagnose this unknown case Friday …
Can you switch a patient from insulin to oral agents?
June 6, 2007 
A 48 year old male is diagnosed with type 2 Diabetes Mellitus after presenting to the emergency room with symptoms of hyperglycemia. He was immediately started on insulin and has been very compliant with his regimen. His initial …
Meeting Perspectives: 2007 American Thoracic Society International Conference
June 5, 2007
Commentary by Doreen Addrizzo-Harris MD, Associate Professor, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
The 2007 American Thoracic Society (ATS) meeting took place between May18-23 in San Francisco, California at the Moscone Conference center. There were more than 400 …
ShortCuts-This Week in the Journals
June 4, 2007
Much of the week in the media was spent discussing XDR TB. Andrew Speaker, a man on his way to his wedding in Santorini Greece (the picture of his wedding is to the right) managed to evade US security multiple times. The …