Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo Named Editor-in-Chief of JAMA
Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo, MD, PhD, was tapped as the next editor-in-chief of JAMA and the JAMA Network, becoming the first person of color and second woman to lead the journal, the American Medical Association (AMA) announced today. Bibbins-Domingo is a professor and chair of the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, and the first vice dean for […]
What’s the skinny on those pandemic pounds? New study sheds light on weight gain during the COVID-19 quarantine
More Americans weighed in as obese during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic than in the previous year. Anew study in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, published by Elsevier, presents evidence from a large, nationally representative survey that documents this trend and helps to explain behavior changes that led to widespread weight gain […]
Predicting sudden cardiac arrest: Distinguishing between treatable and untreatable sudden cardiac arrest
Clinician-scientists in the Smidt Heart Institute at Cedars-Sinai developed a clinical algorithm that, for the first time, distinguishes between treatable sudden cardiac arrest and untreatable forms of the condition. The findings, published today in the peer-reviewed Journal of the American College of Cardiology: Clinical Electrophysiology, have the potential to enhance prevention of sudden cardiac arrest […]
Jada Pinkett Smith’s Alopecia
The 2022 Oscars may be noted for its many historic firsts — including the first deaf man to win an acting Oscar (Troy Kotsur; Best Supporting Actor), among others. Unfortunately, though, the evening may be more likely remembered for another first — when actor Will Smith slapped Chris Rock on live TV. Rock had just […]
FDA Approves First Targeted Radioligand Therapy for Metastatic Prostate Cancer
On Wednesday, the FDA approved the first targeted therapeutic radioligand for progressive, metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) with prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA) expression. Consisting of a targeting compound and a therapeutic radioisotope, lutetium Lu 177 vipivotide tetraxetan (Pluvicto) hones in on PSMA-expressing mCRPC, as identified by a companion diagnostic test (gallium Ga 68 Gozetotide injection, […]
GI Infections Dipped Sharply During Pandemic Restrictions
Reported gastrointestinal (GI) outbreaks in England were halved during the first 6 months of the COVID-19 pandemic compared with a similar period over the 5 years’ prior, a retrospective ecological study found. From February to July 2020, there was a 52% decrease in GI outbreaks — including reports of food poisoning, hemolytic uremic syndrome, infectious […]
Opinion: The Humanity of Naomi Osaka, Michael Beasley And Other Black Athletes Versus The Inhumanity Of Their ‘Fans’
Therefore, to state it in another, more accurate way, I became, during my fourteenth year, for the first time in my life, afraid — afraid of the evil within me and afraid of the evil without. — James Baldwin Where does a giant go when he doesn’t want to be seen? Advertisement For six-foot-ten-inch former […]
Trial testing cocoa flavanol supplement shows promise for reducing cardiovascular risk
The first large-scale trial to test the long-term effects of a cocoa flavanol supplement to prevent cardiovascular disease offers promising signals that cocoa flavanols could have protective cardiovascular effects. In papers published in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, a team led by Howard Sesso, ScD, MPH, and JoAnn Manson, MD, DrPH, both of the […]
If You’re Going To Google Your Health Symptoms, Here’s How To Do It Right
If the first thing you do when you feel a sniffle or twinge is head to the internet to try to figure out what’s going on, you’re in good company. Surveys suggest about 90% of patients Google their symptoms before they talk to their doctor. But it can, of course, quickly go awry. Mental health […]
Opinion | Coping With Rejection Requires Resilience
My first serious rejection in life came in the form of a letter — a rejection letter from medical school. All 10 I’d applied to in fact. I wasn’t expecting to be shut out from my chosen profession. So, I regrouped, and I was accepted into medical school the second time around. I guess you […]