Opinion | FDA Can Make Us Healthier Than ‘Healthy’
There’s been a lot of buzz over FDA’s move to redefine what can be labeled a “healthy” food. In a proposed rulemaking rolled out on the morning of the historic White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health last month, FDA made some hefty claims about this long-awaited initiative. The agency predicted that redefining which […]
Survival No Better With Intensive Surveillance in Endometrial Cancer
An intensive surveillance regimen for endometrial cancer did not improve overall survival (OS) over a minimalist regimen, even in high-risk patients, results from the randomized TOTEM trial showed. After a median follow-up of 69 months, the 5-year OS rate was 90.6% with the intensive approach versus 91.9% with the minimalist approach, which mainly included physical […]
Opinion | I Won’t Be Tossing My Mask Any Time Soon
During a television interview on September 18, everyone heard President Biden say “the pandemic is over.” Healthcare workers want this to be true as much as anyone else, but is it? After 2 and a half years, we have certainly come a long way. First, we learned about how to best care for patients with […]
Opinion | Physicians: Get a Mentor or a Coach?
Over the years, I have mentored a lot of trainees. After discovering coaching and seeing my career transform after I started working with a coach, I have become a coach myself. I definitely use coaching techniques with my mentees, but the relationship I have with them is different from the one I have with my […]
Doc Couple Tried to Slip Americans’ Health Info to Russia, DOJ Says
A pair of physician spouses are facing federal charges of conspiracy and handing over confidential health information of Americans in order to assist Russia in its war against Ukraine, according to an announcement from the Department of Justice (DOJ). Anna Gabrielian, MD, and her spouse, Jamie Lee Henry, MD, both of Rockville, Maryland, were charged […]
Cancers in adults under 50 on the rise globally: Researchers identify risks factors and trends behind an increasing incidence of early-onset cancers around the world
Over recent decades, more and more adults under the age of 50 are developing cancer. A study conducted by researchers from Brigham and Women’s Hospital reveals that the incidence of early onset cancers (those diagnosed before age 50), including cancers of the breast, colon, esophagus, kidney, liver, and pancreas among others, has dramatically increased around […]
Study calls for change in guidance about eating fish during pregnancy
The findings, which drew together analyses on over 4,131 pregnant mothers from the Children of the 90s study in the UK, with similar detailed studies in the Seychelles, are published in NeuroToxicology. Importantly, the researchers also found that it does not appear to matter which types of fish are eaten because the essential nutrients in […]
Who Should Trans Athletes Compete Against?
The debate over transgender athletes is often framed as one between two opposing sides. One side suggests that biology is of paramount importance in sport, that the biological differences between transgender women and cisgender women provide the former group with unfair advantages, and that if women are to succeed in sport, then trans women must […]
Vegetarian women are at a higher risk of hip fracture
A study of over 26,000 middle-aged UK women reveals those with a vegetarian diet had a 33% higher risk of hip fracture compared to regular meat-eaters. University of Leeds research, published today (Thursday, August 11) in the journal BMC Medicine, investigated the risk of hip fracture in occasional meat-eaters; pescatarians, people who eat fish but […]
New CDC COVID Guidance Wins Plaudits, Brickbats
Two very strong and polarized reactions have swamped Twitter over the CDC’s new loosened COVID-19 guidelines. The comments are slinging from citizens, scientists, and medical practitioners. One camp is happy “it’s finally over.” They post dancing gifs and applaud the new guidelines published Thursday, which recommend that infected individuals isolate for 5 days, and exposed […]