News from NYU Langone Health
NYU Grossman Expert Discusses Olive Oil, Dementia Link And Risk Of Bird Flu Pandemic. (WNYW-NY (FOX)-3)
WNYW-NY (FOX)-3 (5/7) Rabia A. De Latour, MD, assistant professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, discusses the risk of the bird flu becoming the next pandemic and a new study suggesting that olive oil reduces the risk of dying from dementia.
The Future Of Surgery: 3 Takeaways From NYU Langone’s Dr Tanuja Damani. (Becker's Hospital Review)
Becker’s Hospital Review (5/7) “During an interactive session at Becker’s 14th Annual Meeting, Tanuja Damani, MD, associate professor, Department of Surgery, chief, Division of General Surgery, and chief of surgical services, discussed the future of da Vinci surgery and the growth of her organization’s da Vinci program.”
Workplace Injury A Preventable Risk For Opioid-Related Harms. (Medscape)
Paywalled* Medscape (5/7)* “Commenting on the study for Medscape Medical News, Samuel R. Friedman, PhD, research professor, Department of Population Health,” said, “The importance of workplaces in public health is frequently underrated.”
The AI Health Revolution Is Already Here. (Women's Health)
Women’s Health (5/7) Kellie Owens, PhD, assistant professor, Division of Medical Ethics, Department of Population Health, “answered a call from her mom, who was on the way home from a doctor’s office in rural Michigan” where she told “Owens that the doctor had used Ambient.ai, a tool that listens to, and generates notes from, patient-provider conversations.”
ARVO 2024: Contact Specular Microscopy And Wide-Field Corneal Imaging. (Opthalmology Times)
Opthalmology Times (5/7) “During the 2024 ARVO meeting in Seattle, Washington, Elias Kahan, MD, clinical research fellow, Department of Ophthalmology, presented a poster” and “spoke about his research and new imaging techniques for mapping the corneal endothelium.”
In a separate article, Opthalmology Times (5/7) “At this year’s ARVO meeting, the Eye Care Network spoke with Elias Kahan, MD, clinical research fellow, Department of Ophthalmology,” who “spoke about his poster on contact specular microscopy and its implications for future corneal endothelial research.”
Expert Reveals Reason Dementia Patients ‘Return’ Before Death. (Mail on Sunday (UK))
The Mail on Sunday (UK) (5/7) “Sam Parnia, MD, PhD, associate professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, said: ‘When you die, your brain is deprived of oxygen and nutrients, so it shuts down.’”
Also reporting is the Daily Mail (UK) (5/7).
Neutrophils Take Center Stage In Growing Understanding Of Colchicine’s Role In Treating Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease. (MDEdge)
MDEdge (5/7) “In a presentation at the” 4th Annual Cardiometabolic Risk in Inflammatory Conditions conference, Binita Shah, MD, associate professor, Department of Medicine, the Leon H. Charney Division of Cardiology, and “one of the principal investigators in trials of Lodoco, explained how the inflammatory pathway contributes to atherosclerosis and provided an update on how colchicine disrupts the pathway.”
Nonmotor Seizures Often Undiagnosed In Emergency Departments. (Healio)
Healio (5/7) “Among adolescents with focal epilepsy, nonmotor seizures are more often missed or misdiagnosed compared with motor seizures, according to research presented in Neurology,” with lead author Nora Jandhyala, medical student, and colleagues writing, “Nonmotor seizures present as subtle seizures without noticeable movements and may not be outwardly apparent.”
Q&A: Capabilities, Limitations Of Normothermic Regional Perfusion For Lung Transplants. (Healio)
Healio (5/7) “During the debate, Pedro Catarino, MD, director of aortic surgery at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles,” commented on the state of research on TA-NRP, saying, “There are two published series from single centers (University of Colorado and NYU Langone Health) with eight lung transplants each and 100% utilization showing excellent outcomes.”
Eric Adams Said Their Water Was Safe. Public Housing Residents Say They’re Getting Sick.
Politico “‘It is critical that the water in her building be tested immediately for arsenic and that appropriate measures be taken to avoid any further exposure for residents of the building,’ a doctor at NYU Langone Health Medical Center’s emergency department wrote in a March 1 note provided to Hill and reviewed by POLITICO.”
