News from NYU Langone Health
NYU Langone, Albert Einstein College of Medicine Get $13M for National Diabetes Research Center. (Crain's New York Business)
Paywall* Crain’s New York Business (2/6) reports, “The National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases has awarded researchers at NYU Langone Health, the Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Health System, and UCLA’s David Geffen School of Medicine a $13 million grant to build a national center around equity in Type 2 diabetes research, the institutions announced this morning.” The National Center for Engagement in Diabetes Equity Research “will aim to create more diabetes research projects that engage in communities and increase health equity, said Nadia S. Islam, PhD, associate professor, Department of Population Health, associate director, Institute for Excellence in Health Equity at NYU Langone.” Islam said, “Our goal is to work with researchers and other stakeholders to provide best practices, trainings consultations on how to partner in research and how to partner in ways that can allow community input from the outset of research.”
NYU Langone Turns Shuttered Long Island Sears Building into $170 Million Ambulatory Center. (DOT Med News)
DOT Med News (2/5) reports, “NYU Langone has transformed a former Bloomingdale’s and Sears building in Garden City into a $170 million, 260,000-square-foot facility with over 800 staff and doctors trained in 32 specialties, who are expected to care for 400,000 patients annually.” The new “NYU Langone Ambulatory Care Garden City is one of 70 outpatient sites on Long Island and one of 300 in New York and Florida under NYU Langone .” Andrew W. Brotman, MD, executive vice president and vice dean for clinical affairs and strategy, and chief clinical officer at NYU Langone Health, said in a statement, “This beautiful new location allows patients to see multiple doctors in a single visit, with each provider connected to the same electronic health record system that ensures integrated care.”
As ‘Magic Mushrooms’ Got More Attention, Drug Busts of the Psychedelic Drug Went Up. (NPR)
NPR (2/6) “Drug busts of mushrooms went way up between 2017 and 2022, and the amount of the psychedelic substance seized by law enforcement more than tripled, according to a new study,” with main author of the new study Joseph J. Palamar, MPH, PhD, associate professor, Department of Population Health at NYU Langone Health, who is also an associate professor in the Department of Population Health, saying, “What I think the results indicate is that shroom availability has likely been increasing.”
GLP-1s for Obesity: Your Questions Answered. (Medscape)
Paywall* Medscape (2/5)* Holly F. Lofton, MD, clinical associate professor, Departments of Surgery, Division of Bariatric Surgery, and Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, of NYU Langone Health, said, “Personally, I feel it is best to use the titration period and the time in which the patient is actively losing weight when on GLP-1 RAs...to help develop an individualized treatment plan, one that includes nutrition, activity, behavior modification, and resistance training.”
No Glucose? Pancreatic Cancer May Have a Ready Energy Alternative. (Oncology Nurse)
Oncology Nurse (1/30) “It is also possible that RNA is not the sole uridine source for glucose-starved cancer cells, said Michael E. Pacold, MD, PhD, assistant professor, Department of Radiation Oncology, Perlmutter Cancer Center, whose research focuses on cancer cell metabolism.”
Yep, Ice Cream Is One of the Best Foods to Eat When You Have a Sore Throat. (Women's Health)
Women’s Health (2/5) “‘Hot or warm liquids, such as tea, can be helpful by soothing the mucous membranes of the throat,’ says Paul E. Kwak, MD, assistant professor, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery.”
Life On Emotional Overload? Eight Ways to Calm Yourself. (Yahoo! Lifestyle)
Yahoo! Lifestyle (2/5) Ariela Vasserman, PsyD, clinical associate professor, Department of Psychiatry, says that among the useful skills to have when dealing with anxiety is “working on changing your body temperature, which can bring that physiological distress down.”
NYU Langone Health Physicians Discuss King Charles’ Cancer Diagnosis. (WECP-TV Panama City (FL))
WECP-TV (2/5) CBS Chief Medical Correspondent Jonathan D. LaPook, MD, the Mebane Professor of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, professor, Department of Population Health of NYU Langone Health discussed King Charles III’s cancer diagnosis and his treatments.
NBC’s Dateline (2/5) NBC Medical contributor Natalie E. Azar, MD, clinical associate professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology of NYU Langone Health discussed the possible forms of cancer and how it was diagnosed from the limited information released by Buckingham Palace.
Fox News (2/5) “Fox News medical contributor Marc K. Siegel, MD, clinical professor, Department of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine” of NYU Langone Health “discusses news of King Charles III’s cancer diagnosis on ‘America Reports.’”
Also reporting are Fox News (2/5) and CBS News (2/5).
Health Care or Housing? More States Are Using Medicaid Funds to Help the Homeless. (Fox News)
Fox News (2/5) “Marc K. Siegel, MD, clinical professor, Department of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine at NYU Langone Medical Center and a Fox News medical contributor, said he does not think that providing housing is the answer to homelessness.”
Drugs Like Ozempic Can Help Weight Loss, But Not Without Ethical and Health Concerns. (WBUR-FM Boston)
WBUR-FM Boston (2/5) Arthur L. Caplan, PhD, the Drs. William F. and Virginia Connolly Mitty Professor, Department of Population Health, Division of Medical Ethics, said, “What we’re seeing is the market is so lucrative that instead of doing direct-to-consumer advertisements, [telehealth companies] are just saying, we’re gonna set up our own distribution system.”
News from NYU Langone Hospital—Long Island
NYU Langone Hospital-Long Island Plans $6M Upgrade for Postpartum Units. (Crain's New York Business)
*Paywall Crain’s New York Business (2/6) reports, “NYU Langone Hospital-Long Island in Mineola proposed a $6 million upgrade to its postpartum units, according to a notice filed with the state” last week. The hospital “has proposed to renovate 15 of its 36 postpartum units to single-occupancy patient rooms that include private showers and bathrooms.” The hospital also “plans to convert its staff lounge to another patient room, as well as tear down a shared shower area to make space for an upgraded staff lounge.”
