By: Karin Katz, MD
This past week, American Pharoah won Belmont and was the first Triple Crown winner in 37 years. “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time” won best play at the 69th …
Clinical Correlations
The NYU Langone Health Online Journal of Medicine
Defiance
June 5, 2015By Amar Parikh, MD
I recently visited The Metropolitan Museum of Art and stumbled across this sculpture called “Woman of Venice II” by Alberto Giacometti. It made me recall an experience I had with a patient on the hematology service this past autumn, and I could not help but marvel at …
Primecuts – This Week In The Journals
June 1, 2015
By Samir Bhalla, MD
Peer Reviewed
Earlier this week, 14 individuals with ties to FIFA were indicted by US attorney general Loretta Lynch on charges of racketeering, corruption and conspiracy. A collaborative Swiss investigation remains underway to assess for corruption with …
Primecuts-This Week in the Journals
May 19, 2015
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 …
Spotlight Case Part 1: Oligoarticular Septic Arthritis-A Case of Disseminated Pneumococcal Disease
May 13, 2015
By Jennifer S. Mulliken, M.D.
Peer Reviewed
Case Report
A 45-year-old man with a history of mild intermittent asthma presented with two days of right knee pain and swelling accompanied by subjective fevers, shaking chills, and night sweats. He also …
Primecuts – This Week In The Journals
May 11, 2015
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 …
Primecuts – This Week In The Journals
May 5, 2015
By Matthew Dallos, MD
Peer Reviewed
This Saturday, sports fans were treated to a day of televised glory as American Pharaoh raced across the finish line of the 141st running of the Kentucky Derby in a nail-biter and …
Primecuts – This Week In The Journals
April 22, 2015
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 …