Marijuana use is much more common in US states that have legalized recreational cannabis use: Highest rates among Americans who smoke cigarettes
A study at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health and The City University of New York found that the rates of cannabis use and daily cannabis use have increased across the U.S., and that current cannabis use and daily use are substantially higher among individuals residing in states that have legalized recreational cannabis use, […]
Intravitreal Methotrexate Reduces Reoperation After Retinal Detachment Repair
NEW YORK CITY — Postoperative intravitreal methotrexate for retinal detachment led to a significant reduction in reoperation and improved visual acuity, a retrospective chart review showed. The absolute difference in reoperation rate was small, greater than 1% without methotrexate versus 0.4% with three to five postoperative injections of the antiproliferative agent, but the difference translated […]
Link Between Neovascular Eye Disease, CVD Tracked to Retinal Lesions
NEW YORK CITY — Subretinal drusenoid deposits (SDD) had a significant association with underlying cardiovascular disease (CVD), adding a missing link between age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and CVD, a prospective study showed. Among 47 patients with CVD and AMD, 40 (85%) had SDD with or without subretinal drusen. An analysis aided by artificial intelligence showed […]
‘Senolytic’ Therapy Shows Promise in Neovascular Eye Disease
NEW YORK CITY — An investigational drug targeting senescent cells achieved sustained improvement in visual acuity in patients with diabetic macular edema (DME) or neovascular age-related macular degeneration (AMD), a small pilot study showed. After single doses of UBX1325, four of eight evaluable patients with advanced DME had at least 10 letters of improvement in […]
She Found Out She Had Prostate Cancer
Eve Gammill, 63, a retired coastal scientist from League City, Texas, was born and raised in Idaho Falls, Idaho. Local ranchers call the desert nearby “The Big Quiet.” In keeping with the landscape, Gammill had her secrets. Gammill was born and named Steven in the Sacred Heart Hospital run by the Church of Latter Day […]
A 3400-year-old city emerges from the Tigris River
A team of German and Kurdish archaeologists have uncovered a 3400-year-old Mittani Empire-era city once located on the Tigris River. The settlement emerged from the waters of the Mosul reservoir early this year as water levels fell rapidly due to extreme drought in Iraq. The extensive city with a palace and several large buildings could […]
We Didn’t Say ‘Gay’ At My High School. It Almost Cost Me My Life.
Coming of age in the early ’90s in a small city in southeastern Wisconsin meant growing up in a time and a place when no one said “gay” (or “lesbian” or “bisexual” or “transgender” or “non-binary” or any other part of the LGBTQ+ community), and the only time you heard “queer” was if you were […]
Opinion | There’s Something Magical About the Interface of Baseball and Medicine
When I moved from New York City to Dallas in 2004, I needed to make many personal adjustments. Surprisingly, one of the most prominent shifts was related to — baseball. In New York, baseball was essential to the city’s identity. Whether someone rooted for the Yankees or Mets (or Brooklyn Dodgers), baseball was tied inextricably […]
Letting Kyrie Irving Play in NYC Sends the Wrong Message on COVID Vaccination
New York City (NYC) on Dec. 13, 2021 enacted the broadest COVID-19 vaccine mandate of any large U.S. jurisdiction: all private sector employers based in the city must have their employees fully vaccinated whenever they work in-person in the city. In the professional sports world, Brooklyn Nets and other basketball fans complained loudly when the […]
Harnessing the power of AI to advance knowledge of Type 1 diabetes
An interdisciplinary team of researchers from the University of Missouri, Children’s Mercy Kansas City and Texas Children’s Hospital has used a new data-driven approach to learn more about persons with Type 1 diabetes, who account for about 5-10% of all diabetes diagnoses. The team gathered its information through health informatics and applied artificial intelligence (AI) […]