By Steven R. Liu, MD
Peer Reviewed
“And the award goes to…” – for those of you who watched the Academy Awards this week, you will have been an admirer of Neil …
Clinical Correlations
The NYU Langone Health Online Journal of Medicine
Ethical Considerations in the Use of Cordons Sanitaires
February 19, 2015
By Rachel Kaplan Hoffmann, M.D., M.S.Ed., and Keith Hoffmann, J.D.
Peer Reviewed
On December 6, 2013, a two-year-old boy living in southeastern Guinea became the first victim of the latest …
Primecuts – This Week In The Journals
February 17, 2015
By Ian Henderson, MD
Peer Reviewed
An apple a day keeps the doctor away, right? Viewed by the public to be so healthy as to prevent doctor’s visits, the apple may be …
Primecuts – This Week In The Journals
February 9, 2015
By Shyam Amin, MD
Peer reviewed
In the news…
Congratulations to the New England Patriots and their fans for a thrilling Super Bowl victory this past week. A full ten years since their …
Primecuts – This Week In The Journals
February 3, 2015
By Kelley Coffman, M.D.
Peer Reviewed
The anti-vaccine movement appears to be gathering steam on social media and major media networks despite a growing outbreak of measles spreading to 8 states, …
Primecuts – This Week In The Journals
January 26, 2015
By Meng Chen, MD
Peer Reviewed
Last Friday, in an announcement of hope and optimism, Reuters quoted a senior health official from Liberia as reporting only five remaining confirmed cases of Ebola …
Shifting Paradigms in Cancer: Vaccines
January 22, 2015
Joshua Horton
Peer Reviewed
We are not winning the war against cancer, if war is even an appropriate metaphor. When Richard Nixon signed the National Cancer Act into effect in 1971, many …
Primecuts – This Week In The Journals
January 20, 2015
By Jovan Begovic, MD
Peer Reviewed
Last Friday, Aetna and Gilead Sciences, the well-known maker of Sovaldi, the “$1000-a-pill” treatment for Hepatitis C, reached a discount agreement that will allow Sovaldi …