News from NYU Langone Health
NYU Langone Health Hosts Teddy Bear Clinic. (ABC)
ABC (6/27) Hassenfeld Children’s Hospital at NYU Langone hosted a ‘Teddy Bear Clinic’ for pediatric patients in collaboration with the enCourage Kids Foundation and the legendary Toy Solider Johnny from FAO Schwarz. The clinic is used as medical play for young patients, just one of the many interventions facilitated by the team of certified child life specialists within Sala Institute for Child and Family Centered Care. Patients use real or pretend medical items in a fun and nonthreatening manner. This approach helps children understand medical procedures, feel more in control of their care, and cope better overall.
Empathy Could Be The Key To A Longer Life. (PopSugar)
PopSugar (6/26) “‘Understanding someone doesn’t mean you’re condoning their behavior,’ says Thea Gallagher, PsyD, clinical associate professor, Department of Psychiatry, and a co-host of the Mind in View podcast.”
Does Running Make You Shorter? The Answer May Surprise You. (Runner's World)
Runner’s World (6/26) “In the 1990s, researchers measured people before and after they ran six to 10 miles and established that they tended to lose 7 to 8 millimeters of height, Abigail L. Campbell, MD, assistant professor, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Center for Women’s Sports Medicine, in NYC tells Runner’s World,” saying, “That effect was fairly similar between young and older patients; the older people actually lost less height, which is interesting.”
What To Do If Your Doctor Isn’t Taking Your Period Pain Seriously. (SELF Magazine)
SELF Magazine (6/26) “‘For many years, a lot of people who menstruate have been told that period pain is ‘normal,’ when in reality, it is absolutely not normal to be incapacitated during your period,’ Catherine W. Chan, MD, clinical assistant professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, tells SELF.”
Your Vagina Has A Microbiome Just Like Your Gut – Here’s What You Need To Know About It. (Women's Health)
Women’s Health (6/26) Just as getting soap in your eyes can cause irritation, so can “aggressive cleaning in the vagina ‘shift the flora and cause a similar reaction,’ says Andrew F. Rubenstein, MD, clinical professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology.”
Pig Kidney Transplant Is The ‘Road To The Future’: Dr Marc Siegel. (Fox News)
Fox News (6/26) “Fox News contributor Marc K. Siegel, MD, clinical professor, Department of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine and Clinical Innovation, “joins ‘The Faulkner Focus’ to discuss fears that the learning loss from the pandemic could be permanent and the successful pig kidney transplant.”
News from NYU Langone Hospital —Long Island
Parkinson’s Disease: Anxiety May Increase Risk For People Over Age 50. (Medical News Today)
Medical News Today (6/26) Shae Datta, MD, clinical assistant professor, Department of Neurology, NYU Langone Hospital—Long Island, and the Division Director of the Concussion Center, Long Island, in New York, who was not involved in the research, said, “Most often, people are reporting to their primary doctors or psychiatrists for treatment and management of anxiety erhaps they can be closely watched and referred earlier to a neurologist for diagnosis of Parkinson’s.”
