There’s A Second Kind Of Bipolar Disorder. For Black Women, It Hits Different.
Next month marks 15 years since I was diagnosed with bipolar II, and the challenges of managing the disorder still constantly sucker-punch me in the stomach. So, happy anniversary to me, I guess. At 21, I’d moved from my home base in Texas to New Jersey. After completing a successful summer internship at Dolce & […]
Opinion | Monkeypox: Another Lesson in Global Health Neglect
Last month, the World Health Organization declared the monkeypox outbreak a public health emergency of international concern. Cases are surging through the U.S., Western Europe, Latin America, and Asia. Governments are scrambling to purchase vaccines, with small amounts of Jynneos doses trickling into a handful of wealthy countries. One region has not had access to […]
Opinion | 10 Financial Mistakes Physicians Should Avoid
We all know that physicians can make a good amount of money every month, but they’re not exempt from financial blunders at some point in their lives. It is essential for both young and experienced physicians to understand what possible mistakes they can make and how to avoid them. Here are some of the most […]
Opinion | Can You Be Held Liable for Prescribing Opioids in Good Faith?
Earlier this month, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in a case that will impact how doctors can treat patients where opioids are involved. The threshold question in Ruan v. United States, which came to the Supreme Court from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, is when the care a doctor provides […]
Opinion | We’re Running Up the Wrong Side of the Escalator
This Women’s History Month, as we reflect on the names of women who have made an impact in healthcare, we must also remember the countless women whose names have been erased from the history books — and how the very gender inequities that contributed to their erasure continue to plague women in medicine today. A […]
100g of cranberries a day improves cardiovascular health, study finds
A new clinical trial found daily consumption of cranberries for one month improved cardiovascular function in healthy men. The new study, published today in Food & Function, included 45 healthy men who consumed whole cranberry powder equivalent to 100g of fresh cranberries per day (9 g powder) or a placebo for one month. Those consuming […]
Women in Healthcare: ‘Then’ and ‘Now’
Reflecting during Women’s History Month on the headway women have made in healthcare illuminates many areas of progress and also the many disparities that remain. Consider the “then” and “now” of five key issues facing women in medicine, both as professionals and patients themselves. 1. Women Physicians Elizabeth Blackwell, the first woman in the U.S. […]
What To Buy For Migraine Relief, According To Neurologists
As a kid, I’d watch my mom get migraine attacks a few times a month. She’d come home from work, muttering, “It’s starting behind my eyes,” take two Excedrin, then retreat to her room for darkness and quiet. It was a routine I knew well, which made it all the more upsetting when I started […]
Testing Third Doses of COVID Vaccine in Transplant Patients
Last month, we reported in JAMA and here in MedPage Today that almost half of transplant patients show no antibodies after a full two-dose mRNA SARS-CoV-2 vaccine series. We’ve also recently published that the antibody response is no better, and possibly even worse, with the single-dose Johnson & Johnson adenovirus vaccine. Combined with reports of […]
Don’t Rush FDA’s Vaping Products Review
Last month, 15 past presidents of the venerable Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco (SRNT), the top tobacco research society in the world, co-authored a courageous, groundbreaking article that argues that the media, legislators, and the general public have developed a negative view of e-cigarettes (vaping products) because of the heavy emphasis public health […]