The recent finding of decreasing breast cancer rates made headlines throughout the media; including a NY Times article entitled, Reversing Trend, Big Drop is seen in Breast Cancer on December 15, 2006.
Striking epidemiological …
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A Bad Break for the Purple Pill…
January 8, 2007
Commentary By Josh Remick, PGY-2
In the December 27th 2006 issue of JAMA, Yang et al. reported the results of a nested case-control study of United Kingdom patients entitled “Long-term Proton Pump Inhibitor Therapy and Risk of Hip Fracture.” …
Links: Dermis.net-An Online Dermatology Atlas
January 5, 2007
The best online dermatology atlas I have come across is dermIS.net. The site originates from Germany and includes an excellent, easily searchable database with terrific pictures and clinical information. The most useful feature of the site however is the …
Do Statins Get Along With Hepatitis C?
January 4, 2007
A 53 year old male with chronic hepatitis C and type 2 diabetes is found to have a moderately elevated cholesterol.
1. Is it safe to start a statin?
2. Do statins have any effect on viral replication?
Comentary By Ed Bini, M.D. …
Does the Existence of Community Acquired MRSA Change Empiric Therapy for Skin and Soft Tissue Infections?
January 3, 2007
A 58 year old man with type 2 diabetes and chronic venous insufficiency/recurrent lower extremity cellulitis presents with fever and a left lower extrmity ulcer with purulent drainage. He’s been successfully treated in the past with both …
How Frequently Should You Perform a Follow-Up Colonoscopy-A multiple choice quiz
January 2, 2007
Commentary By Michael Poles, M.D. Gastroenterologist, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Mircrobiology and Pathology.
Every once in a while I will be feeding this new blorganism (or is it bloganism?) with content from the world of gastroenterology. …
Happy New Year!!
December 29, 2006
Clinical Correlations will be closed for the holiday weekend. We will resume posting on Tuesday January 2nd, 2007. I just wanted to take this opportunity to thank everyone who's been involved and contributed to making the inauguration of Clinical Correlations …
Morning Report-A Frequently Overlooked Diagnosis
December 28, 2006
A 57 year old female with a past medical history of hypertension, obesity, remote intravenous drug use and several years of chronic low back pain, with both intermittent radiation to her lower extremities and decreased sensation …