By Kumar Vasudevan, MD
Peer Reviewed
With October beginning and the weather starting to change, the season for apple picking, Pumpkin Spice Lattes, and football also commences. However, with all the joys of fall, we …
Clinical Correlations
The NYU Langone Health Online Journal of Medicine
Life and Limb: Battlefield Medicine from WWII to Today
September 29, 2017
By Eric Jeffrey Nisenbaum, MD
Peer Reviewed
Mr. O is a 93-year-old man with a past medical history notable for severe Alzheimer’s dementia and amputation of the left upper extremity secondary to wounds …
Stem cells for heart failure: What is the evidence?
September 27, 2017
By Maxine Wallis Stachel, MD
Peer Reviewed
The Scale of the Problem
Despite decades of rigorous data collection, drug research, patient education and evidence-based practice, ischemic heart disease (IHD) and congestive heart failure (CHF) remain …
Spotlight: Pneumocystis Pneumonia in a Patient Without AIDS, A Clinical Vignette
September 20, 2017
By Martin Fried, MD
Peer reviewed
Learning Objectives
- Why does impaired cellular immunity increase the risk for Pneumocystis jiroveci Pneumonia (PJP)? How do acquired humoral immune deficiencies, such as the use of rituximab, increase …
Primecuts – This Week in the Journals
September 18, 2017
By Alvaro F. Vargas P. M.D
Peer Reviewed
As the world and the United States recover from disasters such as storms the size of a country [1], record-breaking earthquakes [2], and hundreds …
From the Archives: Does Running Cause Knee Osteoarthritis?
September 15, 2017Please en
joy this post from the archives dated September 14, 2013
By Karin Katz, MD
Faculty Peer Reviewed
Post-summer is here. Despite the heat and what feels like 100% humidity, the East River Path is packed with runners. No amount …
50% of the Daily Salt Intake Recommended by the JNC-8 Is Consumed in a New York Minute
September 13, 2017
By Andrew Sideris
Peer Reviewed
Reduction of dietary sodium is a well-known nonpharmacologic therapy to reduce blood pressure. The 8th Joint National Commission (JNC-8) recommends that the general population limit daily …
Slow Respiration to Lower Blood Pressure
September 7, 2017
By Omotayo Arowojolu
Peer Reviewed
Approximately 32% of American adults have high blood pressure (>140/90 mmHg),1 or hypertension, and only 54% of these individuals have well-controlled hypertension.2,3 Hypertension costs $48.6 billion each year …