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 …
Clinical Correlations
The NYU Langone Health Online Journal of Medicine
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 …
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 …
Primecuts – This Week in the Journals
February 13, 2017
By Thatcher Heumann, MD
Peer Reviewed
Let’s talk about that game: whether you are a diehard sports fanatic or no know nothing about football, what happened on the evening …
A Trip Through the Granola Vortex
February 10, 2017
By Michael J Hession
Peer Reviewed
Twenty blocks south of NYU Langone and steps east of First Avenue on 9th Street sits New York’s go-to supplier of fresh herbs, …
Primecuts – This Week In The Journals
February 6, 2017
By Carolyn B. Drake, MD, MPH
Peer Reviewed
News:
In the fortnight since Donald Trump was inaugurated as the 45th president of the United States, we’ve seen a flurry of political activity as the new …
Gratitude: Benefits for the Soul, and the Body
February 3, 2017
By Nicole Van Groningen, MD
Peer Reviewed
Although the “stress of the holidays†is a phrase used to refer to the multitude of to-do lists and travel obligations associated with the 6-week …