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 …
Clinical Correlations
The NYU Langone Health Online Journal of Medicine
Does Loneliness Contribute to Morbidity and Mortality?
March 24, 2017
By Kate Otto Chebly
Peer Reviewed
What medications do you currently take? Do you have any allergies? What medical conditions did your parents live with, or die from?
As physicians in training, …
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 …
Primecuts – This Week in the Journals
March 20, 2017
By Katharine Lawrence, MD
Peer Reviewed
Last week, the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) announced that the cap on residents’ duty hours would be adjusted to include 28 …
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 …
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 …
Primecuts – This Week in the Journals
March 1, 2017
By Bradley Lankowsky, MD
Peer Reviewed
NASA scientists announced the discovery of a solar system of 7 Earth-sized planets surrounding a nearby dwarf star about 40 light years away. [1] Their …
Primecuts – This Week in the Journals
February 22, 2017
By Matthew Gross, MD
Peer Reviewed
Risk of Acute Kidney Injury After Intravenous Contrast Media Administration
This single center retrospective cohort analysis intended to assess the risk of contrast- induced nephropathy (CIN) in patients receiving CT scans with IV contrast in …