Eight ASCs Opening in Florida, California and New York. (Becker's ASC Review)
Becker’s ASC Review (2/8) publishes a listicle of “eight openings and expansions of ASCs and medical buildings in Florida, California and New York that Becker’s has reported on since Jan. 5,” including that “New York City-based NYU Langone Health opened a 260,000-square-foot ambulatory center in Garden City, N.Y., in a former Bloomingdale’s and Sears building.”
ADHD Prescription Shortage Continues. (WNBC-NY (NBC)-2)
WNBC-NY (NBC) (2/7) “Lenard A. Adler, MD, professor, Departments of Psychiatry, and Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at NYU Langone in New York, said about 30% to 40% of the prescriptions he writes for ADHD medications have to be rewritten because pharmacies may not have them in stock.”
Schools Suggest Mildly Sick Kids Should Attend Class Anyway. (TODAY)
TODAY (2/8) “A growing number of schools are encouraging parents to send their kids to class even if they aren’t feeling 100%,” and Natalie E. Azar, MD, clinical associate professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology of NYU Langone Health “shares what parents should know on TODAY.”
Also reporting is NBC (2/8).
What You Need to Know About Sleeping Pills. (Seattle Times)
The Seattle Times (2/8) “‘The ideal use of” medications to aid in sleep “is only as needed, so I would say about two or three times a week, limited to a short period of time,’ said Alcibiades J. Rodriguez, MD, associate professor, Department of Neurology, Division of Epilepsy, and Sleep Medicine at NYU Langone Health.”
Alzheimer’s Disease and Epilepsy: New Clues to the Link. (Medscape)
Paywall* Medscape (2/8)* Christos Lisgaras, PhD, assistant research scientist, Department of Neuroscience & Physiology, discusses his paper, “Interictal Spikes and High-Frequency Oscillations (>250Hz) in Animal Models of Alzheimer’s Disease.”
Dr. Weber on the Background of the KEYNOTE-942 Trial in High-Risk Melanoma. (OncLive)
OncLive (2/8) “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 the background for and rationale of the phase 2b mRNA-4157-P201/KEYNOTE-942 trial (NCT03897881), which was conducted in patients with resected high-risk cutaneous melanoma.”
A 25-Year-Effort Uncovers Clues to Unexplained Deaths in Children. (Science News)
Science News (2/8) The mystery of her daughter Maria’s death led Laura Gould, MSc, MA, PT, research scientist at New York University’s Grossman School of Medicine “to help bring into existence a whole field of research on unexpected deaths in children,” eventually working with “Orrin Devinsky, MD, professor, Departments of Neurology, Neurosurgery, Psychiatry, director, Comprehensive Epilepsy Center” and setting up the “SUDC Registry and Research Collaborative at NYU Langone Health.”
Police Seizures of Psilocybin ‘Magic’ Mushrooms Have Increased Dramatically. (Earth)
Earth (2/8) “A study spearheaded by researchers at NYU Grossman School of Medicine, alongside the National Drug Early Warning System, highlights a significant increase in law enforcement seizures of psilocybin mushrooms, suggesting a rise in its availability and use,” with “Joseph J. Palamar, MPH, PhD, associate professor, Department of Population Health at NYU Langone Health,” saying, “Our findings, which uncover an increase in confiscations of psilocybin mushrooms, suggest that popularity and availability of this psychedelic may be increasing.”
Chemicals Used in Plastics Could Be Linked to a Rise in Premature Births, Study Says. (Deseret News (UT))
The Deseret News (UT) (2/8) Phthalates, the synthetic chemicals in plastic, “could be tied to more than 56,000 preterm births in the U.S. in a year, leading to lifetime medical costs that could range from $1.6 billion to $8.1 billion over those children’s lifetimes, according to a news release from NYU Grossman School of Medicine,” with study lead author Leonardo Trasande, MD, MPP, the Jim G. Hendrick, M.D. Professor of Pediatrics, professor, Department of Population Health at NYU Langone Health, saying “in a prepared statement. ‘There is a clear opportunity here to lessen these risks by either using safer plastic materials or by reducing the use of plastic altogether whenever possible.’
Also reporting are New Atlas (2/8) and Medscape (2/8)*.
Soligenix Advances Behçet’s Disease Treatment Study. (Investing)
Investing (2/8) “Soligenix, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company, has announced the establishment of a Medical Advisory Board (MAB)” comprised of “leading rheumatologists with significant experience in Behçet’s Disease,” which includes “Johannes Nowatzky, MD, the Saul J. Farber Associate Professor of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, associate professor, Department of Pathology, of NYU Grossman School of Medicine, who directs the NYU Behçet’s Disease Center.”
16 Heart-Healthy Foods to Lower Cholesterol and Blood Pressure. (Yahoo! News)
Yahoo! News (2/8) “Diet can have a huge impact on heart health, says Sean P. Heffron, MD, assistant professor, Department of Medicine, the Leon H. Charney Division of Cardiology at NYU Langone Health in New York. “ Nieca Goldberg, MD, clinical associate professor, Department of Medicine, the Leon H. Charney Division of Cardiology, says, “Generally, my mode of diet is following a Mediterranean-style diet.”
Sex After Menopause Is All About Lube and These Are the Best Ones to Try. (She Knows)
She Knows (2/8) During the transition from premenopause to post-menopause, “you might notice your vagina is drier than usual,” which signals “‘the vaginal tissue that normally is very estrogen-rich is decreasing in terms of that estrogen content,’ says Taraneh Shirazian, MD, associate professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at NYU Langone, who specializes in menopause, and director of Global Women’s Health in NYU’s College of Global Public Health.”
Kansas City Chiefs Fans’ Deaths: Victims’ Families at Odds Over ‘Angry’ Speculation, Lawyer Says. (Fox News)
Fox News (2/8) “Fox News medical contributor Marc K. Siegel, MD, clinical professor, Department of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine” of NYU Langone Health “discusses findings from the toxicology report of three Kansas City Chiefs fans found frozen to death.”
‘Linking Our Brains and Computers’: Elon Musk’s Controversial Dive Into Human Experimentation. (Hartford (CT) Courant)
The Hartford (CT) Courant (2/8) Arthur L. Caplan, PhD, the Drs. William F. and Virginia Connolly Mitty Professor, Department of Population Health, Division of Medical Ethics, said, “Right now this implant merits transparency, not nerd-man speculation.”
What’s at Stake for Science in Supreme Court’s ‘Abortion Pill’ Case? (Science)
Science (2/8) Arthur L. Caplan, PhD, the Drs. William F. and Virginia Connolly Mitty Professor, Department of Population Health, Division of Medical Ethics said, “The whole basis of claims of danger from mifepristone to women sits on these papers. There’s nothing else in the literature. If these papers fall, then the argument that upper courts are reviewing falls apart.”
