By Kevin Zhang, MD
Peer Reviewed
This last week saw yet another school shooting when a student in Texas opened fire on his classmates, killing 10, fueling the ongoing debate about our …
Clinical Correlations
The NYU Langone Health Online Journal of Medicine
Core IM: 5 Pearls on Contrast-Induced Nephropathy
May 16, 2018
By Daniel Sartori MD, Marty Fried MD, Shreya Trivedi MD; Illustration by Michelle Lo MD and Amy Ou MD. Quiz yourself on the 5 Pearls we will be covering:
- Are there diagnostic …
Primecuts – This Week in the Journals
May 15, 2018
By Michael Tamimi, MD
Peer Reviewed
At a mere 104 years old, famed ecologist and botanist David Goodall, who was frequently touted as Australia’s oldest scientist, ended his own …
Spotlight: A case of Metformin Associated Lactic Acidosis
May 11, 2018
By Jasmine Nee and Martin Fried, MD
Peer Reviewed
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
1. What is metformin-associated lactic acidosis?
2. How does severe acidemia lead to acute kidney injury?
3. How do you treat metformin-associated lactic …
Insulin in a Pill: Barriers to Development of Oral Insulin
May 8, 2018
By Nicolas Gillingham
Peer Reviewed
Over 30 million Americans—9.4% of the population—live with diabetes, six million of whom are at least partially dependent on exogenous insulin.[1] Insulin can be …
Encephalopathy’s Muse
May 4, 2018
By Gregory Rubinfeld, MD
The thick and sultry August outside,
The stale ammonia scented inside,
James The Poet, bedridden, writing in a fury,
Charlotte on a chair next to him, yawning.
So too …
Core IM Hoofbeats: A 36F with weakness
May 2, 2018
By John Hwang MD, Cindy Fang MD, Neha Sathe MD, Michael P. Janjigian MD || Audio Editing and Graphic by Amy Ou, MD
Time Stamps
- Part 1 Case (2:05)
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Primecuts-This Week in the Journals
May 1, 2018
Mother Spring has arrived in New York this week and she is lovely. Flowers are blooming, birds are tweeting, rodents are merrily scurrying to and fro in full view …