Opinion | ‘It’s Total Charlatanism’: What We Heard This Week
“It’s total charlatanism.” — Thomas Albini, MD, of the University of Miami in Florida, discussing eye injuries from unproven stem cell treatments claiming to treat eye and neurological conditions. “To see something like this in my lifetime is pretty impressive.” — Carel Le Roux, PhD, of University College Dublin in Ireland, on how investigational retatrutide […]
Opinion | ‘We Are in Very Scary Times’: What We Heard This Week
“We are in very scary times.” — Michal Elovitz, MD, a Pennsylvania maternal-fetal medicine specialist, discussing the American Board of Obstetricians and Gynecologists’ decision to make its board certification exam virtual this year in part due to safety concerns after the overturning of Roe v. Wade. “I thought it was the extreme act of courage, […]
Fate of Transcatheter Tricuspid Devices: Will it Be Repair or Replacement?
CHICAGO — Discussing their predictions on where transcatheter technologies in the tricuspid space are going, some experts said they favored the odds of replacement over repair when devices are ready to be commercialized. Yet making the case for transcatheter tricuspid valve repair was Paul Sorajja, MD, of Minneapolis Heart Institute at Abbott Northwestern Hospital, who […]
Healthcare a Major Player in State of the Union Address
WASHINGTON — President Biden didn’t skimp on discussing healthcare in Tuesday night’s State of the Union speech — although he took a little while to get there. His first mention of healthcare didn’t come until about 25 minutes into his speech of a little more than an hour, after he talked about the Russian incursion […]
‘We Need a Lot of Humility’: What We Heard This Week
“We need a lot of humility.” — Monica Gandhi, MD, MPH, of University of California San Francisco, discussing the many unknowns surrounding whether one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine provides sufficient protection for the previously infected. “You either choose to live with it, or avoid anything that makes life meaningful.” — Alex Myers, DO, a […]