Commentary by Michael Poles MD, Associate Editor Clinical Correlations
Let’s start with a plea to counsel our patients, family members and friends to undergo colorectal cancer screening as it was reported yesterday that President Bush had 5 polyps …
Commentary by Cathy Cruise, M.D. Director Department of Veterans Affairs Care Coordinator, Chair Rehabilitation Council
Case: A 25 year old woman with no significant past medical history presents to walk-in clinic complaining of several days of right heel pain. …
Welcome to Class Act, a new feature of Clinical Correlations. Class act will feature posts written by NYU 3rd and 4th year medical students. These posts will focus on evidenced based answers to clinical questions related to …
Commentary by Judith Brenner MD, Associate Program Director, NYU Internal Medicine Residency Program
This week we focus on breast cancer and the outcome associated with hereditary factors and controversies surrounding the seemingly uncontroversial annual physical exam
This week’s New England Journal of …
Case Presentation By: Kartikya Ahuja, Chief Resident
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 …
Commentary by Josh Olstein MD, Chief Resident NYU Internal Medicine
Mr. J is a 56 year old Caucasian gentleman who presented with complaints of “I just can’t do what I used to be able to do. I just …
Commentary by Judith Brenner MD, Associate Program Director, NYU Internal Medicine Residency Program
A 66 year old woman with a history of dyslipidemia and remote tobacco use presents with a sudden onset of pain located in her posterior left thigh radiating down her …
This week finds us talking about markers for chronic kidney disease (remember we’re no longer allowed to use terms such as renal insufficiency), a bit of positive news about a popular alternative medicine, a new inflammatory marker for coronary artery disease, a …