By Kurtis Carlock, MD
Peer Reviewed
Obesity is a problem that affects over one-third of adults in the US and increases the risk of numerous health problems in these individuals.[1]Â The question of how best to combat obesity is a problem that has …
Clinical Correlations
The NYU Langone Health Online Journal of Medicine
Core IM: 5 Pearls on Treatment of Alcohol Use Disorder
November 7, 2018
By Kate Lawerence MD, Marty Fried MD, Irene Swanenberg MD, Shreya P. Trivedi MD || Illustration by Caroline Srisarajivakul-Klein MD || Audio Editing by Harit Shah. Quiz yourself on the …
Primecuts – This Week in the Journals
October 30, 2018
By Ofer Fass, MD
Peer Reviewed
Pantoprazole in Patients at Risk for Gastrointestinal Bleeding in the ICU (NEJM) (1)
Critically ill patients in the ICU are typically given proton pump …
Core IM Hoofbeats Part 2: 85F with Acute AMS
October 24, 2018
By John Hwang MD, Cindy Fang MD, Neil Shapiro MD, Marty Fried MD || Illustration by Michael Shen MD || Audio …
Primecuts – This Week in the Journals
October 23, 2018
By Sean Kelly, MD
Peer Reviewed
Recent news has brought stories of new technology promising to change the way we monitor for atrial fibrillation, one of the …
Primecuts – This Week in the Journals
October 16, 2018
By Jacob Teperman, MD
Peer Reviewed
This month, James P Allison and Tasuku Honjo shared the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for their contributions to the oncology world with their developments in immune …
Core IM: Hoofbeats Part 1: 85F with acute AMS
October 10, 2018
By John Hwang MD, Cindy Fang MD, Neil Shapiro MD, Marty Fried MD || Illustration by Michael Shen MD || Audio …
Do Thiazides Work in Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease?
October 4, 2018
By Hannah Friedman
Peer Reviewed
It is a commonly seen scenario on the wards: a patient with a past medical history of heart failure and stage 4 chronic kidney disease presents with progressive …