By Mikaela Belsky
Peer Reviewed
As I walked out of Bellevue, I plugged in my headphones and clicked shuffle. Minutes later, I passed a friend who …
Clinical Correlations
The NYU Langone Health Online Journal of Medicine
Blood Pressure Medications: A Bedtime Story
June 12, 2023
By Jonah Klapholz
Peer Reviewed
Telling …
Spotlight: Obesity-Related Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction (HfpEF) Exacerbation: A Clinical Challenge
May 25, 2023
By Sohail Zahid MD, Ph.D and Waqas Haque MD
Peer Reviewed
Clinical Case
An elderly gentleman with a medical history of coronary artery disease, atrial fibrillation, stage III chronic kidney disease, insulin-dependent type 2 diabetes mellitus, …
Weight Loss Advances with GLP-1 Receptor Agonists: Too Good to be True?
May 18, 2023
By Hadley Greenwood
Peer Reviewed
Medications originally developed as agents to treat type 2 diabetes have been making headlines for their use as weight loss drugs, even in individuals without diabetes. The medical community has …
Asking Patients About Their Habits Should Be Part of the Medical History
April 17, 2023
By Mercedes Fissore-O’Leary
Peer Reviewed
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It is his youngest’s birthday today. His oldest is in the military, like he was. Except he served in the navy, in Vietnam. He has a …
Rising Metastatic Prostate Cancer Rates and Better Noninvasive Testing: Might PSA Screening Make a Comeback?
March 16, 2023
By Ian Jaffe
Peer Reviewed
Recent headlines about increasing rates of metastatic prostate cancer have had many patients asking if they should be tested.1 This article will review the history and role of prostate cancer …
How can you overcome diuretic resistance in patients with heart failure
March 13, 2023
By Joshua Novack, MD
Peer Reviewed
Case: 74 year old male with a history of heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (EF 20%) diagnosed 10 years ago comes in with subacute progressive lower extremity edema, …
SGLT2 Inhibitors for Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction
March 6, 2023
By Raymond Barry
Peer Reviewed
A 2020 report published by the American Heart Association (AHA) in conjunction with the National Institutes of Health (NIH) found that an estimated 6.2 million American adults had heart failure …