By Shannon Chiu, MD
Peer Reviewed
This past Tuesday’s midterm congressional elections proved to be a big day for the Republicans, as they took control of the Senate and a record number of governor’s seats, …
Clinical Correlations
The NYU Langone Health Online Journal of Medicine
Myth vs. Reality: Can Deodorant Cause Breast Cancer?
November 6, 2014
By Dana Zalkin
Peer reviewed
Recently, my own mother approached me with a personal medical question: “Is it true that I need to avoid antiperspirants given that I’m a breast cancer survivor?” …
Primecuts – This Week In The Journals
November 4, 2014
By Benjamin Geisler, MD MPH
Peer reviewed
With the first Ebola patient being treated in the New York City area in one of our own training institutions, the viral disease is, …
Primecuts: This Week In The Journals
October 20, 2014
By Anish Parikh, MD
Peer Reviewed
This week, the Ebola virus outbreak continues to dominate the news both here and abroad. The number of newly-diagnosed patients in West Africa continues to rise, particularly …
Falls in Older Adults—Risk Factors and Strategies for Prevention
October 15, 2014 
By Joseph Plaksin
Peer Reviewed
Falls are a major health problem for older adults. Various reviews and meta-analyses have estimated that 30% of people over age 65 [4,6,8,10,11,13,14,19,21,22,23] and 50% of people over age 85 [14] who live in the community …
It Was Almost Called the Cylinder (& Other Who-Knew Facts about the Stethoscope)
October 10, 2014
By Cindy Fang, MD
Peer Reviewed
“A wonderful instrument…is now in complete vogue in Paris…It is quite a fashion, if a person complains of cough, to have recourse to the miraculous …
From The Archives: Ethical Considerations on the Use of Fear in Public Health Campaigns
October 9, 2014
Please enjoy this post from the archives dated November 23, 2011
By Ishmeal Bradley, MD
Faculty Peer Reviewed
The goal of public health is to prevent or minimize disease and injury on a population …
Unraveling The Mysteries of Prinzmetal’s Angina: What Is It And How Do We Diagnose It?
October 8, 2014
By Anjali Varma Desai, MD
Peer Reviewed
Mr. Q is a 55-year-old male smoker who presents with recurrent chest pain in the mornings over the past several months. The patient reports being awakened from sleep at approximately 5:00 a.m. each morning …