News from NYU Langone Health
90% Of Adults In The U.S. At Risk Of Heart Disease. What To Know About Metabolic Syndrome. (NBC News)
NBC News (5/8) “‘It is alarming that 90% of the population is at least stage 1 and only 10% have no risk factors,’ said Sripal Bangalore, MD, professor, Department of Medicine, the Leon H. Charney Division of Cardiology.
UGN-102 Produces Comparable Responses Regardless Of Surgery In NMIBC Subset. (Oncology Nursing News)
Oncology Nursing News (5/8) “‘UGN-102 is a thermal gel [that comes in an] aqueous form when it’s cold, and when it’s instilled into the body and it’s warmed it becomes a soft, semi-solid gel,’ William C. Huang, MD, vice chair for clinical affairs, professor, Department of Urology, and professor, Department of Radiology, Perlmutter Cancer Center, explained during the presentation” at the 2024 American Urological Association Annual Meeting.
12 Astonishing Insights From Patients Who Survived Cardiac Arrest. (Hearty Soul)
The Hearty Soul (5/8) “The study, known as the AWAreness during REsuscitation (AWARE)-II study, involved a collaboration between NYU Grossman School of Medicine and 25 hospitals in the United States and United Kingdom.” Senior study author Sam Parnia, MD, PhD, associate professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, said, “Although doctors have long thought that the brain suffers permanent damage about 10 minutes after the heart stops supplying it with oxygen, our work found that the brain can show signs of electrical recovery long into ongoing CPR.”
2024 Bioelectronic Medicine Forum Report, Tom Oxley, Synchron, David Neustaedter, Deerfield Management, Martin Alexander Gershon, Endeavor Venture Fund. (Neurotech Reports)
Neurotech Reports (5/8) At the 2024 Bioelectronic Medicine Forum, “a session devoted to partnering with research institutions featured James Zanewicz from Tulane University, Marc Sedam, vice president, Technology Opportunities and Ventures, “and Kip Ludwig from the University of Wisconsin.”
12 Healthy Gifts For Men. (US News & World Report)
US News & World Report (5/8) “‘Because movement is vital to heart health, a fitness tracker will help keep your father’s heart strong and ensure he gets the recommended 30 to 45 minutes of moderate intensity exercise (working hard to raise your heart rate and breaking a sweat) every day,’ says Kinjan Parikh, MD, clinical instructor, Department of Medicine, the Leon H. Division of Cardiology.
How To Lower Your Prostate Cancer Risk. (Men's Health (ZAF))
Men’s Health (ZAF) (5/8) “David R. Wise, MD, PhD, assistant professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology and Medical Oncology, and Department of Urology, Perlmutter Cancer Center, suggests that exercise and maintaining a healthy weight are the two best ways to reduce your prostate cancer risk.”
Should AI Join Ethics Committees? Ethicist Says Not Yet. (Medscape)
Paywalled* Medscape (5/8)* Arthur L. Caplan, PhD, the Drs. William F. and Virginia Connolly Mitty Professor, Department of Population Health, Division of Medical Ethics, writes, “Much of ethics...doesn’t involve getting the answer, which I fear may be AI’s orientation,” but ethics instead “involves getting to a comfortable resolution where people feel that they can go on, respect one another, and each get a piece of the pie that makes everybody happy.”
Struggling To Fall Asleep? Try This Simple Trick To Drift Off Quickly. (Fox News)
Fox News (5/7) “Fox News contributor Marc K. Siegel, MD, clinical professor, Department of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine “breaks down the ‘cycle of worry’ as a poll finds Americans are sleeping less and stressing more.”
