News from NYU Langone Health
NYU Langone Plans $650M Medical Tower At Suffolk County Hospital. (Crain's New York Business)
Crain’s New York Business (5/20) NYU Langone Health is planning a $650 million medical tower at NYU Langone Hospital – Suffolk, as part of a modernization effort to establish 144 private patient rooms, according to a certificate-of-need application submitted to the Department of Health; this marks the first phase of a campus-wide update for the facility said Marc S. Adler, MD, clinical associate professor, Department of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine and Clinical Innovation, chief, Hospital Operations—Suffolk, who also mentioned that the hospital’s average daily patient census has increased by 40% since the merger, creating more demand for service expansions.
Newsday (NY) (5/20) Marc S. Adler, MD, clinical associate professor, Department of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine and Clinical Innovation, chief, Hospital Operations—Suffolk, said, “This really enables the flexibility to continue that growth and enhance our current services and bring the hospital up to a more current state. We want to make sure we keep up with the standard of care for years to come.” Ravi Gupta, MD, chief medical officer, assistant professor, Department of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine—Suffolk, said, “Right now, our physical footprint is that of an aging hospital, and the ability to take care of patients in a brand new tower with the latest technology, to be able to make sure that we have the right tools for infection prevention, efficient care and the newest technology for both the clinicians and actually the patients, will have a huge impact on the community.”
Top 20 Health System EHRs Most Liked By Nurses. (Becker's Hospital Review)
Becker’s Hospital Review (5/19) “Health IT researcher Black Book Research surveyed over 9,000 U.S. nurses on EHR usability,” with NYU Langone Health included in the top 20.
Doctors Weigh In On How Long Biden Could Live With Advanced Cancer. (HuffPost)
HuffPost (5/19) Former President Joe Biden, diagnosed with advanced metastatic prostate cancer, has prompted various survival estimates, with Herbert Lepor, MD, professor, Departments of Urology, and Biochemistry, the Martin Spatz Chair, Department of Urology, chief, Urology, Perlmutter Cancer Center, suggesting that patients can survive “five to 10 years and beyond.”
NBC News (5/19) Herbert Lepor, MD, professor, Departments of Urology, and Biochemistry, the Martin Spatz Chair, Department of Urology, chief, Urology, Perlmutter Cancer Center, “said that while there are many factors at play, most men in the early stages of advanced treatment are fully functional in every capacity.”
Reuters (5/19) Most prostate cancers are detected at an earlier stage, with Herbert Lepor, MD, professor, Departments of Urology, and Biochemistry, the Martin Spatz Chair, Department of Urology, chief, Urology, Perlmutter Cancer Center, saying that with the screening options available, “it is a bit unusual in the modern era to detect cancers at this late stage.”
CNN (5/19) Elizabeth Comen, MD, associate professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Perlmutter Cancer Center, explained that the cancer’s Gleason score of nine indicates a high level of abnormality in the cells, suggesting a more aggressive cancer.
The New York Post (5/19) Marc K. Siegel, MD, clinical professor, Department of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine and Clinical Innovation also weighed in, telling Fox News that it was surprising Biden’s illness was so aggressive given his high profile,” saying, “I mean, he must have had the best possible care here. I’m a little taken aback that it’s this far advanced.”
Also reporting are BuzzFeed (5/19), Fox News (5/19), The Sun (UK) (5/19), and The Irish Sun (5/19).
Developments In Women’s Health: At-Home Tests, Weight-Loss Pill. (TODAY)
TODAY (5/19) To mark Women’s Health Month, Roshini Rajapaksa, MD, clinical associate professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, discussed “the latest wellness developments, including the first at-home cervical cancer screening tool, a weight-loss pill that could be on the horizon and how gut health could predict how we sleep.”
Managing Comorbid Chronic Lung Disease With Allergies. (Medscape)
Medscape (5/19) The escalating severity of allergy symptoms, exacerbated by climate change, is impacting patients with chronic lung disease. “It is estimated that the typical allergy season is 13 days longer than it once was,” said Purvi S. Parikh, MD, clinical assistant professor, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Allergy & Immunology, and Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Allergy and Immunology. “We have fewer ‘frost-free’ days today as well, and these are the types of days when pollen can form.’”
Post-Polypectomy Colorectal Cancers Common Before Follow-Up. (GI and Hepatology News)
GI and Hepatology News (5/19) Research presented by Dr. Samir Gupta indicates that colonoscopy quality, particularly the adenoma detection rate of colonoscopists, plays a crucial role in post-polypectomy colorectal cancer (CRC) risk, with higher skill levels correlating with reduced CRC incidence, while Aasma Shaukat, MD, MPH, the Robert M. and Mary H. Glickman Professor of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, professor, Department of Population Health, discussed updated benchmarks for polyp detection, emphasizing the importance of technique and withdrawal time in identifying elusive adenomas, and suggested noninvasive fecal immunochemical tests as potential tools to improve patient compliance and reduce the burden of surveillance colonoscopies.
6 Popular Foods And Beverages That GI Doctors Purposely Limit In Their Own Diets. (BuzzFeed)
BuzzFeed (5/19) Rabia A. De Latour, MD, assistant professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, advises against consuming processed meats like hot dogs and cold cuts, citing research that links red and processed meats to a 20% increased risk of colon cancer when ingested four or more times weekly.
Exclusive | We Schedule Sex And It’s Wildly Improved Our Marriage – It’s The Glue That Keeps Us Close But There’s An Added Benefit. (New York Post)
The New York Post (5/19) Virgina Sadock, MD, clinical professor, Department of Psychiatry, discusses scheduling intimacy, saying, “Spontaneity is not the only way to have good sex. Setting dates for sex, scheduling date nights, kissing, touching and talking keeps the passion alive.”
