By Monil Shah, MD
Peer Reviewed
Each year around 6 million people are killed by tobacco worldwide.1 Tobacco remains a leading preventable cause of death worldwide.2 From 1965 to 2010, the prevalence of cigarette …
Clinical Correlations
The NYU Langone Health Online Journal of Medicine
Tales of Survival: Night Float
March 16, 2018
By: Margot Hedlin
Emergencies happen slowly sometimes. His organs were shutting down – first the liver, its failure evident from his skin’s jaundiced hue; then he couldn’t protect his airway, …
Evidence-Based Nutritional Counseling in the Primary Care Setting
March 15, 2018
By Oscar E. Dimant
Peer Reviewed
Nutritional counseling is an integral part of helping patients live healthier lives, as research demonstrates the ability of proper nutrition to prevent disease …
Primecuts-This Week in the Journals
March 13, 2018
By: Brooks Crowe, MD
There was big news last week in the area of mergers and acquisitions. Cigna, a health care insurer, plans to purchase Express Scripts, a pharmacy benefit …
Healthcare (Or Lack Thereof) in Communist Albania
March 9, 2018
By Mariela Mitre
Peer Reviewed
I was born in the late 1980s, a relatively fortunate time in Albanian history, considering that Enver Hoxha (1908-1985), the most xenophobic communist dictator of the Eastern European …
Primecuts -This Week in the Journals
March 6, 2018
By Katharine Lawrence, MD
Peer Reviewed
On February 14th, 2018, Nikolas Cruz, a nineteen-year-old ex-high school student at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, opened fire on his …
Facing the Culture of Silence in Medicine
March 2, 2018
By Ofole Mgbako, MD
We are at a crossroads. The recent movement of courageous Americans, mostly women, sharing their stories and facing down their abusers, has forced the reexamination of a culture of silence that drives rape, sexual assault, …
Core IM: 5 Pearls on Albuminuria
February 28, 2018
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