By Sharine Wittkopp, MD
Peer Reviewed
Winter Games are warming up Pyeongchang despite frigid temperatures. Braving 11-degree weather, the US Olympic team is the largest team any nation has ever brought to a …
Clinical Correlations
The NYU Langone Health Online Journal of Medicine
Food for Thought
February 9, 2018
By Hannah Kopinski
Peer Reviewed
Diabetes, hypertension, and hyperlipidemia. One would be hard pressed to find an adult primary care physician in the United States who would not list these …
Primecuts – This Week in the Journals
February 7, 2018
By Allison Guttman, MD
Peer Reviewed
Last week, Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway and JPMorgan Chase announced their intent to collaborate and establish an independent healthcare company for their employees. Although …
NSAIDs: Are They All the Same?
February 1, 2018
By Vishal Shah, MD
Peer Reviewed
Nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) are a heterogenous group of non-opioid analgesics and anti-inflammatory agents. Their use is ubiquitous, from treating a simple tension headache to a sprained …
Core IM: 5 Pearls on Chronic Hepatitis B Part 2: Management
January 31, 2018
By Amy Shen Tang MD, Marty Fried MD and Shreya P. Trivedi MD; Illustration by Michelle Lo, MD & Amy Ou, MD.  Quiz yourself on the following 5 Pearls …
Primecuts – This Week in the Journals
January 29, 2018
By Mariya Rozenblit, MD
Peer Reviewed
The medical community suffered the loss of yet another physician by suicide when a young doctor jumped to her death in New York City last week. …
Tales of Survival: Preserving Empathy for the Caretaker Who Can’t Let Go
January 26, 2018
By Scarlett Olivia Murphy, MD
Peer Reviewed
During my recent ICU rotation, I witnessed complicated acts of love between patients and their caretakers as they navigated end-of-life decisions. I observed many individuals struggle to …
From the Archives – Fever: Friend or Foe?
January 25, 2018
Please enjoy this post from the archives, dated November 20, 2013
By Fernando Franco Cuadrado, MD, Julia Hyland Bruno, MD and  Mark D. Schwartz, MD
Faculty Peer Reviewed
When flu season returns, we …