By Nancy Hernandez
I did not know you until that time,
We scurried into your room
And found you pulseless, breathless, lifeless.
I was asked to keep
Time.
Fumbling for paper, I resorted to skin,
Marking the time …
Clinical Correlations
The NYU Langone Health Online Journal of Medicine
HotSpots: The Evolution of Medicine
May 15, 2014
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New Cholesterol Guidelines: How Safe Are High-Potency Statins?
May 14, 2014
By Molly Anderson
Peer Reviewed
Managing hyperlipidemia is a mainstay of cardiovascular risk reduction. The 2013 ACC/AHA guidelines no longer target specific low-density lipoprotein (LDL)-cholesterol levels, but recommend lipid-lowering therapies of varying intensity based …
Primecuts – This Week In The Journals
May 12, 2014
By Kaley Myer, MD
Peer Reviewed
The US government has offered to assist the Nigerian government this week in an effort to locate hundreds of girls kidnapped from a school …
Lung Cancer Screening with Low-Dose CT Scans
May 9, 2014
By Susanna Jeurling
Peer Reviewed
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recently finalized its position regarding annual low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) scanning for early detection of lung cancer. The grade B recommendation states …
Infection Transmission During Air Travel
May 7, 2014
By Aaron Smith, MD
Peer Reviewed
It’s become a familiar site to travelers: airline passengers wearing respiratory masks to filter pathogens from the cabin air. To those not wearing masks, the fashion trend …
Primecuts – This Week In The Journals
May 5, 2014
By Jennifer Ng, MD
Peer Reviewed
The end is near, as has been foretold for over a thousand years. Yet, the plague, Halley’s comet, Nostradamus, Y2K, and the Mayan Prophecy – just to name a few so-called predicted apocalyptic events – …
Is the Funduscopic Exam Worthwhile For the General Practitioner?
May 2, 2014
By Emily Fisher
Peer Reviewed
Some have said that physical examination is a dying art and the nondilated funduscopic exam may be one of the best examples of this. With the …