By: Kristie Bauman, MD
Researchers at the University of British Columbia may have solved our blood bank problems. After searching the human gut microbiome metagenomics library, Stephen Withers and colleagues found …
By: Kristie Bauman, MD
Researchers at the University of British Columbia may have solved our blood bank problems. After searching the human gut microbiome metagenomics library, Stephen Withers and colleagues found …

By Cary Blum MD, Marty Fried MD and Shreya P. Trivedi MD || Illustration by Michael Shen MD. Quiz yourself on the 5 Pearls we will be covering:
By Michael Bohl, MD
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Last week the world mourned the loss of the Queen of Soul, Arethra Franklin. Singer of “Respectâ€, “(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Womanâ€, …

By John Hwang MD, Cindy Fang MD, Michael Phillips MD, Shreya Trivedi MD || Audio Editing by Richard Chen || Graphic by Amy Ou MD
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By Elissa Lin, MD
Peer Reviewed
While the summer brings long daylight hours, it also brings dreaded bugs and mosquitos. Beware of a new tick species, the Asian long-horned tick, Haemaphysalis longicornis. It’s …
By Vicky Chiang, MD
Peer Reviewed
While New Yorkers are finally enjoying the first section of the Second Ave Subway after nearly a century of waiting, our friends in …
By Brit Trogen
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In 2001, the Institute of Medicine’s Crossing the Quality Chasm became the seminal paper recognizing patient-centered care as a crucial component of overall health care quality.[1] …
In this episode, we discuss the misunderstood side of our antibiotic hero, Vancomycin || By Steven R. Liu MD, John Hwang MD and Dr. Janine Knudsen MD …