Clinical Correlations

The NYU Langone Health Online Journal of Medicine


The Hidden Faces in Medicine

By Amber Whitley, MD

What comes to mind when you hear the word physician? Male, intelligent, arrogant, medicine, white, surgeon, healer, etc. Do you think of me, a black female physician in medicine? The number …

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Chief’s Inquiry Corner 10/27/22

  • Bellevue Inpatient: Is there a role for acetazolamide in acute decompensated heart failure with volume overload?
  • Bellevue Outpatient: Who should undergo screening for Barrett’s Esophagus?
  • VA Inpatient: How do you treat aspiration pneumonia?

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Chiefs’ Inquiry Corner – 10/5/2022

  • Tisch/Kimmel Inpatient: What is the role for early rhythm control in patients with new atrial fibrillation?
  • VA Outpatient: What medications are the most effective for treatment of diabetic neuropathy?
  • Bellevue Inpatient: What treatment options exist for multidrug resistant tuberculosis?

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Is Cocoa the New Aspirin 81?

Clinical Questions 7 min read

By Luke Bonanni

Peer Reviewed

Theobroma, literally “food of gods” in Greek, is an apt description of chocolate. Made from the fermented seeds of the Theobroma cacao tree, chocolate is an immensely popular food, with worldwide …

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Chief’s Inquiry Corner – 9/28/22

  • Bellevue Outpatient: What is the optimal duration of therapy for bisphosphates in osteoporosis? 
  • Bellevue Inpatient: What is the role of aggressive fluid resuscitation in acute pancreatitis?
  • VA Inpatient: What is the treatment for allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis?

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