By Ian Henderson, MD
Peer Reviewed
This past week Donald Trump and Hilary Clinton took part in the first presidential debate of the 2016 elections. Held at Hofstra University in Long Island, NY, the debate was …
Clinical Correlations
The NYU Langone Health Online Journal of Medicine
A Brief History of Early Medical Photography
September 30, 2016
By Emily Milam, MD
Peer reviewed
The history of medical photography is rich and tracks the evolution of both technology and medicine. Photography’s application to medicine has become increasingly multifaceted with the advent of digital …
From The Archives – White Coat Hypertension: Are Doctors Bad for Your Blood Pressure?
September 29, 2016
Please enjoy this post from the archives dated March 20, 2013
By Lauren Foster
Faculty Peer Reviewed
Hypertension is a pervasive chronic disease affecting approximately 65 million adults in the United States, and a …
Oxygen-Induced Hypercapnia in COPD: What is the Mechanism?
September 28, 2016
By Jonathan Glatt
Peer Reviewed
It was my first week on the wards as a third-year medical student, and I found myself huddled with the team in a busy corner of the Bellevue ED, listening …
Primecuts – This Week In The Journals
September 26, 2016
By Chio Yokose, M.D.
Peer Reviewed
This week, Keith L. Scott was shot to death by police in Charlotte, North Carolina while his wife recorded the scene. The footage was broadcast widely and re-ignited the …
Little Knowledge, Large Problem: Lack of Nutrition and Obesity Education in Medical Curricula
September 23, 2016
By Elissa Driggin
Peer Reviewed
At almost every single one of my medical school interviews, each interviewer, noting my college major in nutritional science, asked some variation of the question, “What should I …
From The Archives: Reflections on Hurricane Sandy
September 22, 2016Please enjoy this post from the archives, dated, January 11, 2013
By Jessica Taff, MD
As the 3 major teaching hospitals that make up NYU Medical Center begin to come back online, we thought …
Are We Too Clean or Too Dirty? The Hygiene Hypothesis in Asthma
September 21, 2016
By James Barger
Peer Reviewed
Asthma, an obstructive pulmonary disease characterized by bronchospasm and chronic airway inflammation, has afflicted mankind for millennia. In the 1st century AD, the Greek physician Aretaeus of Cappadocia …