News from NYU Langone Health
Plastic Chemicals Linked to $249 Billion in US Health Care Costs in 2018 Alone, Study Finds
CNN – January 11
-Leonardo Trasande, MD, MPP, the Jim G. Hendrick, M.D. Professor of Pediatrics, professor, Department of Population Health
America's Hidden Pandemic, the Chemicals in Our Food and Water: Study Finds Microplastics Are Quietly Costing US $250 Billion a Year in Healthcare - More Than the Entire Covid Outbreak
Daily Mail – January 11
-Leonardo Trasande, MD, MPP, the Jim G. Hendrick, M.D. Professor of Pediatrics, professor, Department of Population Health
What's the Disease Burden from Plastic Exposure?
Medscape – January 11
-Leonardo Trasande, MD, MPP, the Jim G. Hendrick, M.D. Professor of Pediatrics, professor, Department of Population Health
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Will a Full-Body MRI Scan Help You or Hurt You?
The New Yorker – January 12
-Daniel K. Sodickson, MD, PhD, professor, Departments of Radiology, and Neuroscience and Physiology
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Will ‘Texas Tough’ Work in Fighting Fentanyl Fatalities?
The Christian Science Monitor – January 10
-Magdalena Cerda, DrPH, professor, Department of Population Health
Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: Biomarker Testing and Treatment
Cancer Care – January 11
-Joshua K. Sabari, MD, assistant professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Perlmutter Cancer Center
Novel Alzheimer's Trials Evaluate Senolytics, Semaglutide, CRISPR, and More
ReachMD – January 12
-Einar M. Sigurdsson, professor, Departments of Neuroscience and Physiology, and Psychiatry
Age-Related Macular Degeneration Expected to Affect 288 Million People by 2040
Medical News Today – January 11
-Yasha S. Modi, MD, associate professor, Department of Ophthalmology
Study Evaluates Outcomes of Catheter-Based Therapy for Patients with Cancer and Intermediate- or High-Risk Pulmonary Embolism
Cardiac Interventions Today – January 11
-Orly Leiva, MD, fellow, Department of Medicine, the Leon H. Charney Division of Cardiology
-Sripal Bangalore, MD, professor, Department of Medicine, the Leon H. Charney Division of Cardiology
3Spine Announces Completion of US FDA Clinical Trial Enrollment
Spinal News International – January 11
-Jeffrey A. Goldstein, MD, clinical professor, Departments of Orthopedic Surgery, and Neurosurgery
Four Remedies for Constipation That Won’t Accidentally Give You Diarrhea
SELF – January 11
-Lisa Ganjhu, DO, clinical associate professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
12 Tips on How to Get Rid of Hemorrhoids, According to Doctors
Prevention – January 11
-Mitchell A. Bernstein, MD, professor, Department of Surgery, Division of Colorectal Surgery
We Asked Eight Therapists for the New Year’s Resolutions They Totally Abandoned
Wondermind – January 3
-Thea Gallagher, PsyD, clinical assistant professor, Department of Psychiatry
Resolving to Better Understand the Act of Eating
Creators – January 12
-Rachel L. Goldman, PhD, clinical assistant professor, Department of Psychiatry
Better Than Vaccines? Here’s How New Findings Could Help Prevent the Flu from Spreading by More Than Half
Revyuh – January 11
-NYU Langone Health
Department of Defense Inspector General Announces Review of Lloyd Austin Hospitalization
FOX News – January 11
-Marc K. Siegel, MD, clinical professor, Department of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine
