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Clinical Correlations
The NYU Langone Health Online Journal of Medicine
Primecuts – This Week in the Journals
March 27, 2018
By Lauren Yokomizo, MD
Peer Reviewed
One of the most underappreciated aspects of the current opioid epidemic is over prescribing in the elderly. In 2016, one in three patients on Medicare, approximately …
Smoking Cessation: Are all Modalities the Same?
March 22, 2018
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 …
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 …
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 …