Please enjoy this post from the archives dated September 23, 2011
By Santosh Vardhana, MD
A 36-year-old obese male with hypertension and hyperlipidemia presents to the ER with new knee pain, swelling, and erythema. Joint aspiration reveals negatively birefringent crystals. …
By Jennifer Mulliken, MD
Peer reviewed
The Eiffel Tower, an historic symbol of industry and science in France, celebrates its 125th anniversary this week. On March 31st, 1889, the first visitors ascended by foot to the top …
By Michael Tanner, MD
Background
A small body of low-quality evidence suggests that flattery will get you nowhere. We, rigorously applying the tools of evidence-based medicine, …
By Nicole Van Groningen, MD
Peer reviewed
At 12:57 pm last Thursday, the sun passed the celestial equator, marking the Vernal Equinox. What has spring meant to New Yorkers so far? Mother nature offered an impressive 3-day stretch of …
By Olivia Richardson, MD
On the order of angstroms,
infinitesimally small
nucleotides pair off
and cling tightly to one another,
inseparable,
hundreds of kilojoules
binding them.
Like teenagers they dance,
entangled.
With arms entwined
they spin around one another-
spinning …
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 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 …
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 …