By Michael Nguyen
Peer Reviewed
Polypharmacy has been defined as the use of multiple unnecessary medications, the use of more medications than is clinically warranted or indicated, or the use …
Clinical Correlations
The NYU Langone Health Online Journal of Medicine
Primecuts-This Week in the Journals
December 18, 2017
By: Amanda Dowden, MD
This week, Alabama elected its first Democratic senate leader in 25 years, as democrat Doug Jones beat Republican Roy Moore in Alabama’s Senate Race. In local NYC news, in the wake of the opioid epidemic the Bronx opens …
Age Is Just a Number: Combating Muscle Loss in The Elderly
December 14, 2017
By Carl Preiksaitis
Peer Reviewed
The term “sarcopenia” was introduced in 1989 to characterize the loss of muscle mass that occurs as a consequence of advancing age.1 Use of …
Core IM Podcast: 5 Pearls on Hepatic Encephalopathy
December 13, 2017
By Dr. John Hwang MD, Marty Fried MD and Shreya P. Trivedi MD; Illustration by Mike Natter MD. Quiz yourself on the following 5 Pearls we’ll be covering on …
PrimeCuts – This Week in the Journals
December 11, 2017
By Gregory Rubinfeld, MD
Peer Reviewed
Manhattan enjoyed its first snow of the season and in its wake New Yorkers trudge carefully through the slick and slush covered streets[1]. On a somber …
Burnout- The Hot Topic in Medicine
December 8, 2017
By Monica Gupta, MD and Alice Tang, MD
Peer reviewed
Physician burnout is a phenomenon that is becoming recognized as widespread in both trainees and in practicing doctors. Long taxing hours, insurmountable educational debt, the …
From the Archives: Corticosteroids and Prophylaxis. What complications should you try to prevent in patients on chronic corticosteroids?
December 7, 2017
Please enjoy this post from the archives dated October 30, 2013
By Robert Joseph Fakheri, MD
Faculty Peer Reviewed
A 55 year-old male is recently diagnosed with systemic sarcoidosis. The patient is started …
Cancer Survivors – Who are they, what are their needs, and how can medical providers meet these needs?
December 6, 2017
By Maria Garcia-Jimenez, MD/MHS, Abinav Baweja, MD, and Nicole LaNatra, MD
Peer Reviewed
Clinical vignette
A 65-year old woman with history of invasive breast cancer presents to her primary care provider for …