Clinical Correlations

Primecuts – This Week In The Journals

October 10, 2016

PrimeCuts 7 min read

Pumpkin_Spice_Latte_Sign By Samir Bhalla, MD

Peer Reviewed

October is upon us, which typically is notable for cooler weather, pumpkin spice lattes and playoff baseball. The focus this year, however, is the upcoming presidential election. Last …

Wedge

October 7, 2016

Tales from the Bedside 4 min read

Stroke_ischemic By Kyra Edson

Peer Reviewed

Wedges are triangular tools that have traditionally been used to split wood along the grain. The mechanical advantage of a wedge is its ability to accomplish this split with less …

From The Archives: Have a Cow? How Recent Studies on Red Meat Consumption Apply to Clinical Practice

October 6, 2016

From the Archives 6 min read

Please enjoy this post from the archives dated, April 12, 2013

By Tyler R. McClintock

Faculty Peer Reviewed

â€œRed Meat Kills.â€ â€œRed Meat a Ticket to Early Grave.â€ â€œA Hot Dog a Day …

PCSK9 Inhibitors: Who Could Need More than a Statin?

October 5, 2016

Clinical Questions 5 min read

Hyperlipidaemia_-_lipid_in_EDTA_tube By Rhodes Hambrick

Peer Reviewed

The atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) risk associated with hyperlipidemia (HLD), readily apparent from the Framingham Heart Study¹ of the mid-20^th century, has been the target of innumerable attempted …

Primecuts – This Week In The Journals

October 4, 2016

PrimeCuts 9 min read

EhealthTree-2 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, …

A Brief History of Early Medical Photography

September 30, 2016

Evolution and Medicine 5 min read

662px-Da_Vinci_Vitruve_Luc_Viatour By Emily Milam, MD

Peer reviewed

The history of medical photography is rich and tracks the evolution of both technology and medicine. Photographyâ€™s application to medicine has become increasingly multifaceted with the advent …