By Steven Bolger
Peer Reviewed
Omega-3 fatty acids were first identified as a potential agent to prevent and treat cardiovascular disease through several epidemiologic studies of the Greenlandic Inuit in the 1970s suggesting that …
Clinical Correlations
The NYU Langone Health Online Journal of Medicine
Primecuts – This Week In The Journals
July 28, 2015
By Kevin Ha, MD, PhD
Peer Reviewed
This week, NASA announced the discovery of Kepler 425b, an exoplanet that is “Earth’s bigger, older cousin” [1]. It takes 385 days to orbit around the habitable …
UV Nail Lamps and Cancer: A Correlation?
July 24, 2015
By Jennifer Ng, MD
Peer Reviewed
Beauty and suffering are often thought to be intertwined. It is hard to have your cake and eat it too. In the quest for beauty, women (and …
A Primer on CRP and Cardiovascular Risk
July 22, 2015
Cindy Fei, MD
Peer Reviewed
A 63-year-old woman with hypertension presents to your clinic for routine follow-up. She came across an online article regarding C-reactive protein and its purported link to heart disease, and she asks you whether she should be tested …
Primecuts – This Week In The Journals
July 21, 2015
By Robin Guo, MD
Peer Reviewed
This week was marked by ground-breaking milestones in the fields of science and engineering, such as the awe-inspiring images of Pluto beamed from several …
Diagnostic Challenges in Latent Tuberculosis Infection: A Brief Review of Available Tests and their Appropriate Use
July 15, 2015
By: Miguel A. Saldivar, MD
Peer Reviewed
“Indeterminate.” Many clinicians have expressed frustration when reading this word on a Quantiferon-TB Gold test result. The obligate follow-up question is: what is the next best …
Primecuts – This Week In The Journals
July 13, 2015
By David Valentine, MD
Peer Reviewed
In a busy week, here’s some world news highlights: After a month of dramatic drops in the Chinese markets, finances have begun to stabilize, but at the …
Neurologic Complications In Infective Endocarditis: To Anticoagulate Or Not To Anticoagulate
July 10, 2015
By Shannon Chiu, MD
Peer Reviewed
The annual incidence of infective endocarditis (IE) is estimated to be 3 to 9 cases per 100,000 persons in developed countries [1-2]. Neurologic complications are the most …