By Jafar Hamid Al-Mondhiry, MD, MA
Peer Reviewed
A critical care attending once told me that “learning scars†are some of our greatest teachers. And he was right. Many times, a sense of anxiety …
Clinical Correlations
The NYU Langone Health Online Journal of Medicine
Primecuts-This Week in the Journals
November 1, 2016
By:Â Aditya Sreenivasan, MD
For the Halloween edition of Primecuts, we resisted the temptation to follow the standard media trend and go exclusively with “spooky†or alarming articles. Though the subject of the …
Mystery Quiz
October 28, 2016Vivian Hayashi MD, Robert Smith MD
The patient is an 86 year old man who presented with weakness, lethargy and falls. His history was noteworthy for an episode of empyema nine years earlier that was managed with tube thoracostomy followed by decortication. Seven years prior to this admission, upper endoscopy revealed …
Primecuts – This Week In The Journals
October 25, 2016
By Danielle Brewington MD, MS
Peer ReviewedÂ
As October draws to a close, the presidential debates have wrapped up and most people are bracing until the end of the political season. Many of …
The Rising Tide of Food Allergy
October 20, 2016
By Kristina Cieslak, MD
Peer Reviewed
Food allergies affect approximately 8% of children and 5% of adults, with a steadily increasing prevalence [1]. Risk factors for the development of food allergy …
Primecuts – This Week In The Journals
October 17, 2016
By Jenna Conway, MD
Peer ReviewedÂ
With less than a month to Election Day, we learned this week what Donald Trump deems appropriate “locker room talk†about women, while several women came forward …
From The Archives: The Effect of Bariatric Surgery on Incretin Hormones and Glucose Homeostasis
October 13, 2016
Please enjoy this post from the archives dated April 4, 2013
By Michael Crist
Faculty Peer Reviewed
Until recently, little thought was given to the important role played by the duodenum, jejunum, and …
Why It Isn’t So Cool To Go Gluten-Free
October 12, 2016
Chloe Cipora Goldman, MD
Peer Reviewed
During a recent encounter with a 32 year-old female presenting for surgical clearance for knee surgery, the patient touted that she was in superb health, exercised daily, …