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 …
Clinical Correlations
The NYU Langone Health Online Journal of Medicine
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, …
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 …
Primecuts – This Week In The Journals
September 19, 2016
By Sara Stream, MD
Peer ReviewedÂ
A powerful explosion occurred in Chelsea on Saturday night, injuring at least 29 people, including one with a serious puncture wound. Authorities believe that a homemade bomb …
Breaking the Cycle: Shining a Light on Physician Depression and Suicide for the Next Generation
September 16, 2016
By Andrew Hallett
Peer ReviewedÂ
For decades, surveys and public data have shown staggeringly high rates of suicide, suicidal ideation, and depression among physicians when compared to the general population.1-4 Male doctors are …
Primecuts – This Week In The Journals
September 12, 2016
By Katherine Lawrence, MD
Peer Reviewed
Yesterday marked the 15th anniversary of September 11, 2001. Fifteen years later, emotions are still strong; it was a day of memorials and memories, a …
Primecuts – This Week In the Journals
August 30, 2016
By Nancyanne Schmidt, MD
Peer Reviewed
As we enter the final weeks of summer, the peril posed by the tiny mosquito continues to grow to shark-sized proportions. The FDA now recommends that all …