By Miguel A. Saldivar, MD
Peer Reviewed
While walking through snowy streets of NYC, the sight of one or two innocent bystanders sliding on a patch of ice on the road is not …
Clinical Correlations
The NYU Langone Health Online Journal of Medicine
Mammograms in the News, Yet Again
February 13, 2014
By Miguel A. Saldivar, MD
Peer Reviewed
Mammograms are far from strangers to the paparazzi. It was only recently that a television news reporter from a prominent broadcasting company reluctantly agreed to …
Primecuts – This Week In The Journals
February 10, 2014
By Luke O’Donnell, MD
Peer Reviewed
I guess being single in New York should make me dread Valentine’s Day. But I don’t. Maybe it is my years of studying a language …
From The Archives: Low Dose Vitamin K Supplementation and Anticoagulation Control
February 6, 2014
Please enjoy this post from the archives dated July 21, 2011
By Joanna Becker
Faculty Peer Reviewed
Patients who are placed on long-term warfarin (Coumadin) therapy are sent home with a lengthy list of restrictions to minimize variations in warfarin efficacy. The …
Should Beta-Blockers Be Used In The Setting Of Cocaine-Related Chest Pain?
February 5, 2014
By Matthew A. Haber
Peer Reviewed
The following is a hypothetical example of a classic exam question that one might come across as a medical student:
A 50-year-old male presents to the emergency department with severe chest pain. His past medical history …
Primecuts – This Week In The Journals
February 3, 2014
By Elizabeth Park, MD
Peer reviewed
Super Bowl fever also hit Times Square this week as tens of thousands of people headed to the New York metropolitan area for the Super Bowl. The Super Bowl is more than just a football …
Tales of Survival: A Dose of Perspective
January 31, 2014
By Kaitlyn Dugan
My steps echoed in the hallway of the 17th floor of Bellevue Hospital as my head remained buried in the H&P my resident handed me only a few seconds earlier. Mr. W was a 64 year-old African …
From The Archives: Forgoing the Fear: Contrast Nephropathy
January 30, 2014
Please enjoy this post from the archives, dated June 15, 2011
By Mario V Fusaro, MD
Faculty Peer Reviewed
There are certain laws in the universe that are just not meant to be broken. One is gravity. Another one is relativity. The …