News from NYU Langone Health
Grossman Alum Donates $15 Million In Research Funding To NYU Langone. (Washington Square (NY) News)
The Washington Square (NY) News (3/25) “NYU Langone Health received $15 million from philanthropists Wendy and Wayne Holman earlier this month, marking the largest gift ever given to the NYU Grossman School of Medicine by one of its alumni.” The gift “will be put toward expanding research in endocrinology, diabetes and metabolism,” and “will also help create clinical trials and academic forums in the newly named the Holman Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, which will treat and study endocrine disorders.” Kenneth Langone, chair, NYU Langone Health Board of Trustees said the Holmans “see NYU Langone as an institution with the ability to magnify every dollar, and through which they can have exponential impact.”
How Has Virtual Interviewing Impacted Residency Matches? (AuntMinnie)
AuntMinnie (3/26) “Virtual interviews implemented in the U.S. due to the COVID-19 pandemic do not appear to have shifted the geographic distribution of interventional and diagnostic radiology residents, says a group at NYU Langone Health in New York City,” and despite one exception – the South – “overall the study offers insights into changes that virtual interviewing has had on match statistics and may further inform recruiting efforts, noted medical student and lead author Younes Attlassy, resident, Department of Radiology, from the NYU Grossman School of Medicine.
Xenotransplantation Can Change The Paradigm Around Organ Donation. (Scripps News (USA))
Scripps News (USA) (3/26) In a rebroadcast feature story about organ transplantation, Robert Montgomery, MD, DPhil, the H. Leon Pachter, MD, Professor of Surgery, chair, Department of Surgery, Division of Transplant Surgery, NYU Langone Transplant Institute discussed efforts in xenotransplantation, saying, “The paradigm [around organ donation] is that someone has to die for someone else to live.”
Cardiologists Tell Us What You Really Need To Know About Intermittent Fasting And Heart Health. (GQ)
GQ (3/25) “Prior, well-controlled, short-term studies have shown that intermittent fasting can result in improvements in body weight, insulin resistance, blood pressure, and some markers of inflammation, a.k.a. ‘a number of surrogates for heart health that tend to be associated with improved cardiovascular outcomes in the long term,’ says Sean P. Heffron, MD, assistant professor, Department of Medicine, the Leon H. Charney Division of Cardiology.”
What Popular Fitness Fads Get Wrong. (Straits Times (SGP))
The Straits Times (SGP) (3/26) “‘The person on social media giving you advice doesn’t necessary have any background in it other than his or her own anecdotal experience,’ said Heather Milton, MS, clinical exercise physiologist, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Sports Performance Center.”
CRC: Next-Generation Mt-sDNA Test Beats FIT For Sensitivity. (Medscape)
Paywall* Medscape (3/25)* “Lowering false positive rates is crucial because that reduces the need for costly, invasive, and unnecessary colonoscopies, said Aasma Shaukat, MD, MPH, the Robert M. and Mary H. Glickman Professor of Medicine and Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, professor, Department of Population Health,” who was not involved with the study about the new Mt-sDNA test’s sensitivity.
Social Media Posts Misinterpret Biden On MRNA Cancer Vaccines. (Atlanta Voice)
The Atlanta Voice (3/25) “‘I have every confidence that this strategy will be expanded to … non-small cell lung cancer, renal cell cancer, hepatocellular cancer, gastroesophageal cancer, et cetera,’ Jeffrey S. Weber, MD, PhD, the Laura and Isaac Perlmutter Professor of Oncology, Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Perlmutter Cancer Center, and a trial researcher, said at a meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research, according to Medscape.”
NYU Langone Physician Discusses Measles After Confirmed Nassau County Case. (KTSM-TV El Paso (TX))
KTSM-TV (3/25) Sara Siddiqui, MD, clinical assistant professor, Department of Pediatrics, discusses how measles is spread and who is most at risk for infection after Nassau County health officials have confirmed that an unvaccinated child under five years of age has tested positive for the disease.
NYU Langone Health Physicians Discuss Kate Middleton’s Cancer Diagnosis. (WNBC-NY (NBC)-2)
WNBC-NY (NBC)-2 (3/25) Natalie E. Azar, MD, clinical associate professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, discusses the cancer diagnosis of Kate Middleton and the “preventative therapy” she is undergoing, saying, that preventative therapy of this type “is meant to prevent a reoccurrence of the type of cancer.”
CBS 4 Valley Central (USA) (3/25) Jonathan D. LaPook, MD, the Mebane Professor of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, professor, Department of Population Health said, “If there happened to be microscopic cancer cells you can’t see, and we don’t know if there are or aren’t, you’re giving chemotherapy with the thought of killing them now while they’re vulnerable, rather than giving it time to grow up, multiply, spread, and form” as well as discussing the psychological toll of a cancer diagnosis.
The Daily Record (UK) (3/25) “Speaking to Fox News, Marc K. Siegel, MD, clinical professor, Department of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, said: ‘According to several top oncologists I spoke to, she likely has either an early colon cancer that was removed and cured surgically, or early ovarian, uterine or cervical cancer that was found incidentally.’”
How To Tell The Difference Between Allergies And Cold Symptoms. (TODAY)
TODAY (3/25) “From allergy medications to warding off cold symptoms, NBC News medical contributor Natalie E. Azar, MD, clinical associate professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, “joins TODAY to answer viewer-submitted questions about common health concerns heading into spring.”
FDA Proposes Ban On Electrical Shock Devices Used To Stop Aggressive Behavior For The Second Time. (Fox News)
Fox News (3/25) “Fox News contributor Marc K. Siegel, MD, clinical professor, Department of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, discusses a new report that the FDA approved Florida’s plan to import certain medications from Canada and a study showing a rebound of weight gain after stopping the weight loss medication Ozempic.”;
In a separate segment on Fox News (3/25), “Fox News contributor Marc K. Siegel, MD, clinical professor, Department of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, discusses the need for cancer screenings as young as 30 years old after Kate Middleton announced her diagnosis and the rise of measles cases in the U.S.”
Also reporting is Fox News (3/25).
Doctors Fear Restricted Access To The Abortion Pill Mifepristone. (NBC News)
NBC News (3/25) Arthur L. Caplan, PhD, the Drs. William F. and Virginia Connolly Mitty Professor, Department of Population Health, Division of Medical Ethics, said, “If the court were to buy into it, it would clearly bring abortion by pill to end around this country.”
Nassau Child With Measles Released From Hospital. (Newsday (NY))
Newsday (NY) (3/25) “The number of measles cases in the United States so far this year has already eclipsed all of 2023 when there were 58 cases nationally for the entire year,” which Arthur L. Caplan, PhD, the Drs. William F. and Virginia Connolly Mitty Professor, Department of Population Health, Division of Medical Ethics, says is “clearly the best indicator that people are not getting their kids vaccinated.”
