By Alice Drain
Peer Reviewed
Warm weather heralds the arrival of flip-flops and the exposure of toes previously tucked away in socks and boots. This sudden pedal presence makes one wonder, why do toenails grow more slowly than fingernails?
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FROM THE ARCHIVES: Myths and Realities: The Fishy Truth about Mercury Toxicity
November 13, 2014
Please enjoy this post from the Archives dated December 17, 2011
By Nicole Learned
Faculty Peer Reviewed
In an age when patients obtain medical news from the media, and celebrities initiate powerful health trends, clinicians have …
Primecuts – This Week In The Journals
November 10, 2014
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 …
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 …