News from NYU Langone Health

NYU Langone Performs 1st-Ever Heart Pump, Pig Kidney Transplant Surgery. (Becker's Hospital Review)

Becker’s Hospital Review (4/25) “New York City-based NYU Langone Health performed the first combined mechanical heart pump and organ transplant surgery and implanted the second gene-edited pig kidney in the world.”
CNN (4/25) “Doctors told 54-year-old Lisa Pisano that she had weeks, even days to live, because both her heart and kidneys were failing,” which “made a regular organ transplant impossible, but the dire situation meant surgeons, like Robert Montgomery, MD, DPhil, the H. Leon Pachter, MD, Professor of Surgery, chair, Department of Surgery, Division of Transplant Surgery, NYU Langone Transplant Institute at NYU Langone Health could instead try a more experimental approach using genetically altered pigs.”
Also reporting are ScienceAlert (AUS) (4/25), The Blaze (4/24), WRNJ-AM Hackettstown, NJ (4/25), KARE-TV (4/25), KBAK-TV (4/25), and WWBT-TV (4/25).

Understaffed Nursing Homes In Disadvantaged Neighborhoods More Likely To Overuse Antipsychotics. (Science Daily)

Science Daily (4/24) “Nursing homes in disadvantaged communities are more likely to overmedicate residents with antipsychotics, especially homes that are understaffed, according to a new study published in JAMA Network Open” whose “authors include Erinn M. Hade, PhD, associate professor, Department of Population Health, and Steven C. Friedman, MD, clinical assistant professor, Department of Urology.”
Also reporting is Crain’s New York Business (4/25).

A New Battery Warns Parents If Their Child Has Swallowed It. (New York Times)

The New York Times (4/25) “Scott M. Rickert, MD, associate professor, Departments of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Pediatrics, and the Hansjorg Wyss Department of Plastic Surgery, chief, Division of Pediatric Otolaryngology, Hassenfeld Children’s Hospital, said time is critical when a child swallows a battery,” saying, “It really is one of these things that as soon as it’s realized that a button battery may be anywhere in a child’s body, it becomes an emergency.”

Gen Z Is Panicking About Their Fertility. Should They Be? (Women's Health)

Women’s Health (4/25) “On average, women are around 38.3 years old when they decide to do an egg-retrieval surgery to preserve their fertility, at which time their egg counts are often lower, per a 2022 NYU Langone Health Fertility Center study.”

Venous Thromboembolism Risk After Hospitalization Tied To EGFR, Albuminuria. (Cardiology Advisor)

Cardiology Advisor (4/25) “Aditya Surapaneni, PhD, research associate professor, Department of Medicine, the Leon H. Charney Division of Cardiology, and colleagues conducted a retrospective study including 23,899 and 11,552 adults hospitalized within Geisinger Health System and NYU Langone Health,” which found that “chronic kidney disease (CKD) parameters, including lower estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) and albuminuria, are independently associated with venous thromboembolism (VTE) risk after hospitalization.”

ESMO Recap: Adjuvant Vs. Neoadjuvant Therapy In Melanoma. (Medscape)

Paywall* Medscape (4/25)* Jeffrey S. Weber, MD, PhD, the Laura and Isaac Perlmutter Professor of Oncology, Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Perlmutter Cancer Center, discusses “a couple of abstracts related to adjuvant and neoadjuvant therapy in melanoma” as well as citing, “very briefly, a recent publication that also talks about neoadjuvant therapy, which is a coming thing in the treatment of melanoma and many other cancers like lung, head and neck, and renal cancer.”

Targeting NTRK Fusions In Advanced NSCLC Leads Deep Responses. (Targeted Oncology)

Targeted Oncology (4/25) Vamsidhar Velcheti, MD, professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Perlmutter Cancer Center, said, “We see with other targeted therapies they have a good central nervous system penetration, so unless these patients come in and they’re very symptomatic, I try to delay radiation and start them on a tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) as fast as possible.”

Therapeutic Potential Of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation In Primary Progressive Aphasia: Leigh Charvet, PhD. (Neurology Times)

Neurology Times (4/24) Leigh E. Charvet, PhD, professor, Department of Neurology, provided commentary on a study that demonstrated the benefits of using tDCS along with sleep language training to promote naming in primary progressive aphasia.”

The Common Running Mistake That Might Be Causing You Knee Pain. (HuffPost)

HuffPost (4/25) “‘There are specific things that you do when you are running that can lead to increased risk for injury,’ Heather Milton, MS, clinical exercise physiologist, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Sports Performance Center, recently told us.”

NYU Langone Health Expert Discusses Study Showing Afib In Younger Patients. (KARE-TV Minneapolis)

KARE-TV (4/25) Natalie E. Azar, MD, clinical associate professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, discusses a new study showing that atrial fibrillation is becoming more common in patients under the age of 65.

Arthur Caplan: Medicine’s Toughest Ethical Questions. (Yale University (CT))

Yale University (CT) (4/25) Arthur L. Caplan, PhD, the Drs. William F. and Virginia Connolly Mitty Professor, Department of Population Health, Division of Medical Ethics, joins the Health & Veritas podcast to “discuss the ethical failings of the pharmaceutical industry and how a community-focused ethos prioritizing justice and protection of the vulnerable would have reshaped the COVID response.”

5 Women’s Health Tips To Prevent And Detect Strokes, According To Cardiologists. (Fox News)

Fox News (4/24) “Fox News medical contributor Marc K. Siegel, MD, clinical professor, Department of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, “and spiritual guide Ashley Troxell debate health concerns associated with marijuana use.”
In a separate article, Fox News (4/25) “Marc K. Siegel, MD, clinical professor, Department of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine and a Fox News medical contributor, agreed that there is a proven link between insomnia, stress, anxiety and depression,” saying, “Since suicide is a manifestation of severe depression, I think there is a link there, too, though insomnia wouldn’t be the entire cause.”

News from NYU Langone Hospital—Brooklyn

The 15 Best Pregnancy Must-Haves, According To Moms Who’ve Been Through It. (PureWow)

PureWow (4/25) Meleen Chuang, MD, clinical associate professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Family Health Centers at NYU Langone, NYU Langone Hospital—Brooklyn, “didn’t endorse any singular product, she provided a starting point: The items that pregnant women will need in order to support their changing bodies during this time.”

News from NYU Langone Hospital—Long Island

NYU Langone Performs Jaw Surgery To Help Baby With Cleft Palate Breathe Easier. (WPIX-TV New York)

WPIX-TV (4/25) James G. Choi, MD, DMD, adjunct assistant professor, Department of Surgery, NYU Langone Hospital—Long Island, said, “If you imagine a 16 month-old child with all these tubes on their nose, their stomach, it can be traumatizing for the baby, but also for the parents.”
Also reporting is WABC-TV New York (4/25).