News from NYU Langone Health
168 Top Maternity Hospitals, State By State. (Becker's Hospital Review)
Becker’s Hospital Review (5/9) A listicle of “the 168 hospitals that received the five-ribbon ranking” in Newsweek’s “third annual list of best maternity hospitals in the US,” includes NYU Langone Hospital – Brooklyn, NYU Langone Hospital – Long Island, and NYU Langone Hospital – Tisch Hospital.
Knicks’ Injury Bug Hits OG Anunoby, Jalen Brunson. (New York Post)
The New York Post (5/9) “NYU Langone Health Sports Medicine Center’s Guillem Gonzalez-Lomas, MD, assistant professor, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, joins New York Post Sports anchor Brandon London for the weekly ‘Injury Report’ segment to discuss the scenarios for Knicks stars Jalen Brunson and OG Anunoby after the former briefly missed most of the Bockers’ first half of Game 2 with a right foot injury and the latter exited the contest with a sore left hamstring in the third quarter and didn’t return.”
More People Need Transplants Than There Are Organ Donors. Pigs Might Be A Solution. (WICU-TV Erie (PA))
WICU-TV Erie, PA (5/9) Robert Montgomery, MD, DPhil, the H. Leon Pachter, MD, Professor of Surgery, chair, Department of Surgery, Division of Transplant Surgery, NYU Langone Transplant Institute, said, “That someone has to die for someone to live is a broken paradigm.”
We’re ‘Anti-Mother’s Day’ Moms – We Love Our Kids, But We Deserve A Vacay To Do Whatever We Please This Sunday. (New York Post)
The New York Post (5/9) Thea Gallagher, PsyD, clinical assistant professor, Department of Psychiatry, said, “Mom burnout can happen when women become exhausted by the massive amounts of physical, mental, emotional and logistical effort that it takes to be a parent.”
Ask The Expert: What Makes Skin Cancer Grow? (Skin Cancer Foundation)
Skin Cancer Foundation (5/9) Deborah Sarnoff, MD, clinical professor, the Ronald O. Perelman Department of Dermatology, said, “You know what I’m going to say: While everyone is not the same, everyone can benefit from consistent daily sun protection, looking for anything new, changing or unusual on their skin and seeing a dermatologist regularly.”
Nonmotor Seizures Often Undiagnosed In The Emergency Department. (Neurology Advisor)
Neurology Advisor (5/9) “Nora Jandhyala, medical student, and colleagues investigated recognition of motor versus nonmotor seizures in the emergency department among 83 individuals (ages 12 to 18 years) who where neurotypical and within four months of treatment initiation for focal epilepsy.”
Also reporting is Neurology Times (5/9).
CKM Syndrome Linked To Heart Disease Risks In US Young Adults, Experts Emphasize Early Detection. (Parent Herald)
Parent Herald (5/9) “A recent study has revealed that nearly 90% of adults aged 20 and above in the United States face a heightened risk of developing heart disease,” with the “unexpectedly high rates of CKM also surprised experts, prompting” Sripal Bangalore, MD, professor, Department of Medicine, the Leon H. Charney Division of Cardiology, “to express alarm,” saying, “We have a lot of work to do to reduce the rates of overweight and obesity.”
Lenard A Adler, MD: “Symptoms Of ADHD Need To Go Back To Childhood”. (Consultant Live)
Consultant Live (5/9) “Symptoms of ADHD do not appear out of thin air in adulthood, “Dr. Lenard A. Adler, MD, professor, Departments of Psychiatry, “told HCPLive during the annual American Psychiatric Association (APA) conference in New York.”
NYU Grossman School Of Medicine Expert Discusses The New COVID-19 Variant And Brain Worms. (WNYW-NY (FOX)-3)
WNYW-NY (FOX)-3 (5/9 Rabia A. De Latour, MD, assistant professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, discusses the new COVID-19 variant spreading across the US and the causes and risks of brain worms.
Insurance Doesn’t Protect Against Medical Debt. What Cancer Patients Need To Know. (NBC News)
NBC News (5/9) Arthur L. Caplan, PhD, the Drs. William F. and Virginia Connolly Mitty Professor, Department of Population Health, Division of Medical Ethics, “noted that many of the people with medical debt had so-called high deductible health plans, which likely contributed to the financial burden.”
News from NYU Langone Hospital—Long Island
Strategies For Chemical Injury. (Review of Opthamology)
Review of Opthamology (5/10) Laura Palazzolo, MD, clinical assistant professor, Department of Ophthalmology, NYU Langone Hospital—Long Island, discusses “the steps necessary when dealing with ocular chemical injury, from substance identification and classification to medical and surgical management.”
