News from NYU Langone Health
Retired Firefighter Father Donated Kidney To Save His Son’s Life. (WNBC-TV New York)
WNBC-TV (6/12) In 2023, surgeon Jonathan C. Berger, MD, assistant professor, Department of Surgery, Division of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, performed a renal transplant from retired firefighter Stephen Munari to his then eight-year-old son, who is now riding his bike and engaging in normal kid activities.
NYU Langone AI 99% Accurate In Differentiating Between Cancers. (Becker's Hospital Review)
Becker’s Hospital Review (6/12) “NYU Langone Health’s Perlmutter Cancer Center and the University of Glasgow in Scotland developed an artificial intelligence-powered tool that was 99% accurate in distinguishing between two lung cancers.” Aristotelis Tsirigos, PhD, professor, Departments of Medicine, Division of Precision Medicine, and Pathology, said, “Lung tissue samples can now be analyzed in minutes by our computer program to provide fairly accurate predictions of whether their cancer will return, predictions that are better than current standards of care for making a prognosis in lung adenocarcinoma.”
Targeted Oncology (6/12) Aristotelis Tsirigos, PhD, professor, Departments of Medicine, Division of Precision Medicine, and Pathology, explained that unlike prior tools which had provided datasets, “Here, we decided to do it in a completely unsupervised way, which means the algorithm would have to teach itself what the important parts of the image are so it could go ahead and do the diagnostics.”
Also reporting is Inside Precision Medicine (6/11).
Back From Vacation And Still Burned Out. (New York Times)
The New York Times (6/12) “People can dread their jobs, experiencing ‘the quintessential ‘I’m overwhelmed, I’m exhausted, Sunday Scaries’’ feeling, said Thea Gallagher, PsyD, clinical assistant professor, Department of Psychiatry.
The Rare Leg Injury Ailing Kristaps Porziņģis. (New York Post)
The New York Post (6/12) “Dennis A. Cardone, DO, associate professor, Departments of Orthopedic Surgery, and Pediatrics, chief, Division of Primary Care Sports Medicine, joins New York Post Sports anchor Brandon London for the weekly sponsored ‘Injury Report’ segment to explain what Celtics big man Kristaps Porziņģis’ ‘torn medial retinaculum’, an injury that’s stumped a large portion of the basketball world is and how it could impact the 7’2 forward during and beyond the remainder of the 2024 NBA Finals.”
Weight Loss Surgery More Effective Than Drugs Like Wegovy, Zepbound. (Healthline)
Healthline (6/12) “‘Metabolic and bariatric surgery remains the most effective and durable treatment for severe obesity,’ study co-author Marina Kurian, MD, clinical professor, Department of Surgery, Division of Bariatric Surgery” said in a release.
News Medical (6/11) Study co-author Marina Kurian MD, clinical professor, Department of Surgery, Division of Bariatric Surgery said, “Surgery needs to play a bigger role in obesity treatment and be considered earlier in the disease process. It is no longer a treatment of last resort and should not be withheld until more severe disease develops.”
Medical News Today (6/11) “‘Prediabetes is diabetes,’ said Christine J. Ren-Fielding, MD, professor, Department of Surgery, Division of Bariatric Surgery, division chief, Bariatric Surgery in New York.”
Also reporting is Bariatric News (UK) (6/12).
Nurse Case Management Boosts Benefit Of Home BP Telemonitoring. (HealthDay)
HealthDay (6/11) Olugbenga G. Ogedegbe, MD, MPH, professor, Department of Population Health, the Dr. Adolph and Margaret Berger Professor of Medicine and Population Health, “and colleagues evaluated whether HBPTM (12 home measurements/week for 12 months, with results transmitted to a clinician) plus NCM (20 counseling calls over 12 months) results in greater systolic BP reduction than HBPTM alone.”
Sexually Transmitted Form Of Ringworm Reported In US. (Healthline)
Healthline (6/12) “‘Healthcare providers should be aware that Trichophyton mentagrophytes type VII is the latest in a group of severe skin infections to have now reached the United States,’ study author Avrom S. Caplan, MD, assistant professor, the Ronald O. Perelman Department of Dermatology, said in a release.”
Newer Therapies Target Different Melasma Components. (Medscape)
Paywalled* Medscape (6/12)* Arielle Kauvar, MD, clinical professor, the Ronald O. Perelman Department of Dermatology, who also spoke at the Pigmentary Disorders Exchange symposium, said, “You have to spend time educating patients with a history of or at risk for hyperpigmentation or melasma about the effects of sunlight and visible light exposure.”
Timothy Law: Coverage For GLP-1 Drugs For Obesity Is In Flux | AHIP 2024. (Managed Healthcare Executive)
Managed Healthcare Executive (6/12) “Coverage for GLP-1 agonist drugs is in a state of flux, Timothy Law, DO, MBA, chief medical officer of Highmark Inc., said in an interview with Managed Healthcare Executive before the annual AHIP meeting in Las Vegas” where he, along with panelists Melanie R. Jay, MD, associate professor, Departments of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine and Clinical Innovation, and Population Health, “and Amy Meister, D.O., chief medical officer of WeightWatchers – spoke about how GLP-1 therapies are changing how the healthcare industry views prevention and treatment.”
NYU Langone Health Physician Discusses J&J Talc Settlement. (NBC News)
NBC News (6/12) Natalie E. Azar, MD, clinical associate professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, discusses the settlement between 42 states and Washington, DC and Johnson & Johnson which “has agreed to pay out $700 million to settle an investigation by dozens of states into its marketing of baby powder, and other talc-based products” and whether viewers who have used talc should be concerned.
Eccentric Exercise Is The Easiest Way To Build More Muscle During Your Workouts. (PopSugar)
PopSugar (6/12) Heather A. Milton, MS, clinical exercise physiologist, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Sports Performance Center, explains, “When you’re doing eccentric exercise, you’re actually, in a sense, elongating the muscle in a controlled fashion, meaning that the proteins within the muscle are actually trying to control the rate that you’re elongating it.”
Ozempic, Wegovy Scams Skyrocket As Demand Surges For Expensive Weight Loss Drugs. (Fox Business)
Fox Business (6/12) Fox News medical contributor Marc K. Siegel, MD, clinical professor, Department of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine and Clinical Innovation of NYU Langone Health “discusses Eli Lilly’s response to the prescription drug craze on ‘The Claman Countdown.’”
In a separate article with Fox News (6/11) Marc K. Siegel, MD, clinical professor, Department of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine and Clinical Innovation and a Fox News medical contributor, interviewed two of the country’s top researchers on psychedelics,” including Charles R. Marmar, the Peter H. Schub Professor of Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, chair, Department of Psychiatry, earlier this year, saying, “They agree there is therapeutic potential if very carefully studied under very strict medical guidance, but there is a huge downside in terms of unregulated recreational uses.”
News From NYU Langone Hospital—Brooklyn
How Bad Is It To Borrow My Partner’s Toothbrush From Time To Time? (SELF Magazine)
SELF Magazine (6/12) “haring a toothbrush can potentially introduce bacteria from your significant other’s mouth into your bloodstream, Peggy L. Budhu, DDS, Family Health Centers, NYU Langone Hospital—Brooklyn tells SELF.”
