By Aaron Smith, MD
Peer Reviewed
First introduced in the late 1980s, proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) have revolutionized the treatment of gastric acid-related disorders and have been described as a miracle drug by patients and …
Clinical Correlations
The NYU Langone Health Online Journal of Medicine
Primecuts – This Week In The Journals
March 19, 2014
By Anjali Mone, MD
Peer Reviewed
While the majority of media coverage is focusing on Crimea’s annexation and continued upheaval in the Middle East, also making the news this week was a high school …
The Blue Phone and the Bow-Tie
March 14, 2014
By Joseph Zakhar
Peer Reviewed
The Patient:
Fate is the sound of a ringing phone.
I, however, am growing to hate the sound.
I’m strangled by the words, by the rough sheets, the silence as …
From The Archives: Intercessory Prayer: What Do Sneezes and Prayers Have in Common?
March 13, 2014
Please enjoy this post from the archives dated September 21, 2011
By Alon Mass
Faculty Peer Reviewed
The overlap between religion and medicine is ancient. On a recent medical volunteer trip to India I met a medical student who proudly wore a …
Can crossword puzzles prevent dementia?
March 12, 2014
By Theresa Sumberac, MD
Peer Reviewed
The 2008 US Census Bureau reported that 14 to 16 percent of the adult population enjoyed crossword puzzles and that half of them played crossword …
Primecuts – This Week In The Journals
March 10, 2014
By Jessica Taff, MD
Peer Reviewed
While the world’s political attention turned to conflict in Ukraine this week, the New York Times turned national attention to several physicians with big political ambitions …
The Sentinel
March 7, 2014
By Michael D. O’Donnell
The patient was a 60 year old female with a history heavy chain (AH) amyloidosis with renal and cardiac involvement, nephrotic syndrome, and hyperlipidemia who presented with progressive …
From The Archives: Should My Patient with a Solid Tumor be Anticoagulated in the Absence of Venous Thromboembolism?
March 6, 2014
Please enjoy this post from the archives dated September 8, 2011
By David Altszuler, Class of 2012
Faculty Peer Reviewed
An empiric association between occult malignancy and thrombophlebitis has been recognized since Trousseau first reported the syndrome in 1865.[1] The mechanism …