News from NYU Langone Health
Asian American Women Are Getting Lung Cancer Despite Never Smoking. It’s Baffling Scientists And Leading To More Research. (NBC News)
NBC News (3/7) At NYU Langone Health, “Elaine Shum, MD, assistant professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Perlmutter Cancer Center, has seen dozens of nonsmoking Asian American women with lung cancer,” leading her to begin her own clinical trial, the initial results of which “she presented at a major cancer conference showed that Asian women had a higher lung cancer detection rate than the original national trial – 1.5% versus 1%.” Stella S. Yi, MPH, PhD, associate professor, Department of Population Health, who co-leads the Innovations in Data Equity for All Laboratory at NYU Langone Health, notes that Asian Americans are often categorized as “Other” in surveys or overly broad groups that obfuscates their data.
Are You A ‘Floor Person’? Why Lying On The Ground Feels So Good. (New York Times)
The New York Times (3/8) “If you are able to try it and want to give floor time a go, ‘focus on your breath, really turn inward,’ said Rachel L. Goldman, PhD, clinical assistant professor, Department of Psychiatry.
TikTok Influencers Are Now Treating Ozempic Side Effects. (TIME)
TIME (3/7) “Holly F. Lofton, MD, clinical associate professor, Departments of Surgery, Division of Bariatric Surgery, and Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, has patients who first went to dermatologists or telehealth companies for weight-loss drugs and weren’t given proper oversight.”
CBS News (3/7) Holly F. Lofton, MD, clinical associate professor, Departments of Surgery, Division of Bariatric Surgery, and Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine., said, “There are some patients who are not candidates for this class of medication if they have a family history or personal history of medullary thyroid cancer, so it’s important that every person who is screened to consider Ozempic or Wegovy for weight loss or diabetes should be asked, do you have a personal or family history of this condition?”
Omny FM (3/6) Holly F. Lofton, MD, clinical associate professor, Departments of Surgery, Division of Bariatric Surgery, and Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, about a lack of information patients are receiving about the side effects of weight loss drugs.”
Cardiologists Share The 1 Food They Never (Or Rarely) Eat. (HuffPost)
HuffPost (3/8) “‘Margarine seems like a great idea in theory, but it turns out to be just as bad as butter,’ said Harmony R. Reynolds, MD, associate professor, Department of Medicine, the Leon H. Charney Division of Cardiology.
100+ Hospitals, Health Systems Among Newsweek’s Greatest Workplaces For Women. (Becker's Hospital Review)
Becker’s Hospital Review (3/7) reports, “Newsweek has published its 2024 ‘America’s Greatest Workplaces for Women’ ranking” created with “market data research firm Plant-A Insights.” The list includes NYU Langone Health.
‘Parrot Fever’ Outbreaks Cause 5 Deaths In Europe, Sparking Warnings. (Fox News)
Fox News (3/7) Parrot fever “is rare in the U.S., only affecting about 10 people per year, according to Marc K. Siegel, MD, clinical professor, Department of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine and a Fox News medical contributor.”
Alabama IVF Ruling Draws Attention To Technology’s Unregulated Frontiers. (Washington Post)
The Washington Post (3/7) Pasquale Patrizio, in 2009, made the case “that the debate over whether embryos are morally equal to people had fizzled long ago,” with he and co-author Arthur L. Caplan, PhD, the Drs. William F. and Virginia Connolly Mitty Professor, Department of Population Health, Division of Medical Ethics, writing, “The era of the embryo ‘wars’ may be coming to an end.”
Massachusetts’ Infant Abandonment Laws Are Failing Families In Crisis. (Boston Globe)
The Boston Globe (3/8) Lori Bruce, a bioethicist at Yale University’s Interdisciplinary Center for Bioethics, and Arthur L. Caplan, PhD, the Drs. William F. and Virginia Connolly Mitty Professor, Department of Population Health, Division of Medical Ethics, discuss how “baby boxes” from Safe Haven laws “are often celebrated in the news, but their implementation and use raise a number of ethical questions.”
Anorexia: When Is It Ethical To Stop Treatment? (Medscape)
Paywall* Medscape (3/7)* Arthur L. Caplan, PhD, the Drs. William F. and Virginia Connolly Mitty Professor, Department of Population Health, Division of Medical Ethics, discusses “what to do with young women who just seem not to respond to efforts to treat their anorexia.”
Lessons From A Compassionate Use Firestorm. (BioCentury)
Paywall* BioCentury (3/7)* “On the tenth anniversary of a viral media campaign that extended a boy’s life, bioethicist” Arthur L. Caplan, PhD, the Drs. William F. and Virginia Connolly Mitty Professor, Department of Population Health, Division of Medical Ethics, “reflected in an interview with The BioCentury Show on how the experience reshaped public views, corporate policies and legal requirements associated with providing access to unapproved therapies.”
