Clinical Correlations

By: Arvind Reddy Devanabanda, MD

This week we are reminded of the costs of over-testing and over-diagnosis in Dr. Atul Gawande’s article “Overkill” published in the New Yorker. Six years later Dr. Gawande revisits the health care costs …

By Jessica Taff, M.D.

Peer Reviewed

As the curfew in Baltimore was lifted, the excitement of the Mayweather-Pacquiao boxing match died down, and Nepal continued on its recovery after the recent earthquake, medical literature remained relatively subdued this week as well. …

By Luke O’Donnell, MD

Peer reviewed

This week , winter finally gives way to a suggestion of spring and as temperatures flirt with the non-frigid range of the thermostat, more people—including the older among us—are leaving their apartments to enjoy the outdoors. …

By Arvind Devanabanda, MD

Peer Reviewed

Last week, the president stated:“No challenge poses more of a public threat than climate change” at a round table discussion at Howard University. We are now four years into California’s drought and Governor Jerry Brown …

By Jovan Begovic, MD

Peer Reviewed

On March 26th, a gas explosion on the Lower East Side of Manhattan caused a fire in three adjacent buildings, 25 injuries, and 2 recently confirmed deaths. Bellevue was readied for triage in case of …