By Alexa Yuen
Peer Reviewed
According to the CDC, there are 22 million people with an established diagnosis of diabetes mellitus in the United States, but more frightening is that the rate of …
Clinical Correlations
The NYU Langone Health Online Journal of Medicine
Primecuts – This Week in the Journals
April 4, 2017
By Jillian Diuguid, MD
Peer Reviewed
On Friday, March 31, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio announced his support for a plan to shutter Rikers Island, the controversial East River island jail known …
Book Review: in-Training: Stories from Tomorrow’s Physicians
March 31, 2017
By Amar Parikh, MD
Peer Reviewed
“Wounded healers. It’s a concept…inspired by the story of Chiron, a centaur in Greek mythology who was renowned for his skills as a healer. …
Why Does Our Hair Turn Gray?
March 30, 2017
By Chio Yokose, MD and Aaron Smith, MD
Peer Reviewed
All but a lucky few of us will one day see our locks lose their color. But what is the physiologic basis …
Primecuts – This Week in the Journals
March 28, 2017
By Stephanie Charles, MD
Peer Reviewed
This week marked an important point in our national health care debate. The American Health Care Act put forth by the Republican party failed to pass by …
Gamechanger? Should Steroids be Added to Treat Community Acquired Pneumonia?
March 23, 2017
By Martin Fried, MD
Peer Reviewed
Welcome to Gamechangers, a series that takes a critical look at the latest in medical literature to answer one important question: would the results of this …
Primecuts – This Week in the Journals
March 15, 2017
By Irina Dimitrova , MD
Peer Reviewed
This week in the news, House Republicans at long last unveiled the American Health Care Act, their replacement plan for the ACA. Meanwhile the Justice Department decided …
Primecuts – This Week In The Journals
March 6, 2017
By Jack Dougherty, MD
Peer Reviewed
This week in the news, Breitbart reported on a female to male transgender teenager who won the Texas girls state wrestling championship.1 According to local regulations for school …