By B. Corbett Walsh, MD
Peer Reviewed
Case: A 65 year-old man with cirrhosis is admitted to the ICU for severe pneumonia. His hepatic dysfunction is chronically severe, as indicated …
By B. Corbett Walsh, MD
Peer Reviewed
Case: A 65 year-old man with cirrhosis is admitted to the ICU for severe pneumonia. His hepatic dysfunction is chronically severe, as indicated …
By: Nancyanne Schmidt, MD
Peer Reviewed
This week, the intelligence report commissioned by President Obama on suspected hacking during the recent presidential election revealed that Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered …
By Derek Moriyama, MD
Peer ReviewedÂ
It is official. The members of the electoral college have cast their votes and Donald Trump will be the next President of the United …
By B. Corbett Walsh, MD
Peer Reviewed
As many of us reflect on the festivities that occurred during the Department of Medicine Holiday Party this past weekend, all can agree that winter is not only coming, but that it has arrived. Earlier …
By Shriram Alapaty, MD
Peer Reviewed
This week, America’s president-elect Donald Trump continued to defy expectations by selecting Mr. Scott Pruitt, a close ally of the fossil fuel industry, to head …
By Robert Freilich, MD
Peer Reviewed
Levels of smoking have dropped to record lows in the United states. Per a NY Times article1, the CDC reports that smoking levels are down …
A commentary by Antonella Surbone, MD PhD FACP, Ethics Editor on yesterday’s article “Is There Such a Thing as Too Much Information?â€
The insighftul and challenging piece Is there such a …
By Mariya Rozenblit, MDÂ Â
Peer Reviewed
On my first day of internship I was faced with the seemingly simple task of consenting a patient for a blood transfusion. I went over the informed …