Clinical Correlations

Primecuts – This Week In The Journals

February 17, 2015

PrimeCuts 8 min read

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 losing its health …

Primecuts – This Week In The Journals

February 9, 2015

PrimeCuts 8 min read

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 last Super …

Primecuts – This Week In The Journals

February 3, 2015

PrimeCuts 9 min read

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, according to …

Primecuts – This Week In The Journals

January 26, 2015

PrimeCuts 7 min read

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 in Liberia, …

Shifting Paradigms in Cancer: Vaccines

January 22, 2015

Diseases 2.0 Heme/Onc 7 min read

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 predicted that …

Primecuts – This Week In The Journals

January 20, 2015

PrimeCuts 5 min read

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 to populate …