Gender-Affirming Surgical Fellowships Gaining Steam in the U.S.
When Nikki Burish, MD, moved from Wisconsin to New York City for her plastic surgery residency at Mount Sinai Hospital, she didn’t know anything about gender-affirming surgery. Toward the end of her residency, she was assigned to a rotation at a Mount Sinai facility in downtown Manhattan where plastic and reconstructive surgeon Jess Ting, MD, […]
CDC Officially Drops 5-Day Isolation Time For COVID-19
LOADINGERROR LOADING NEW YORK (AP) — Americans who test positive for COVID-19 no longer need to stay in isolation for five days, U.S. health officials announced Friday. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention changed its longstanding guidance, saying that people can return to work or regular activities if their symptoms are mild and improving […]
Meghan Markle Names The ‘Most Important Thing’ In Her Life During Emotional Panel
LOADINGERROR LOADING NEW YORK ― Prince Harry and Meghan Markle marked World Mental Health Day with an emotional outing on Tuesday, where they spoke about the dangers of social media and Meghan named the “most important thing” in her life. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex participated in the Archewell Foundation Parents’ Summit in New […]
Opinion | ‘The Nose Is the Front Door of the Brain’: What We Heard This Week
“The nose is the front door of the brain.” — Ray Dorsey, MD, of the University of Rochester Medical Center in New York, describing how inhaled toxicants may play a role in the development of Parkinson’s and other brain diseases. “He’s going to walk out with a golden parachute we all paid for.” — Westby […]
Opinion | Who Is to Blame for the Rampant Overtreatment of Peripheral Artery Disease?
Hicks is an associate professor of surgery and a director of clinical outcomes research. The recent New York Times article highlighting inappropriate treatment patterns among patients with peripheral artery disease (PAD) has made a serious but much needed impact on patients and physicians alike. The article is complemented by a series of ProPublica articles that […]
U.S. Suicides Hit All-Time High In 2022
NEW YORK (AP) — About 49,500 people took their own lives last year in the U.S., the highest number ever, according to new government data posted Thursday. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which posted the numbers, has not yet calculated a suicide rate for the year, but available data suggests suicides are more […]
Neurologic Events After COVID-19 Vaccines Assessed
All patients hospitalized with new or relapsing neurologic events after SARS-CoV-2 vaccination at a New York tertiary hospital had one or more risk factors for their neurologic condition, a prospective study showed. The most prominent neurologic index events in these vaccinated patients were ischemic stroke (37.7%), encephalopathy (32.6%), seizure (15.9%), and intracranial hemorrhage (ICH; 9.4%), […]
How To Help De-Escalate Bad Situations When You’re In Public
This month, demonstrators have taken to the streets and subway stations in New York City to protest the killing of Jordan Neely, a 30-year-old man who was choked to death by another passenger on a train in Manhattan on May 1. Many have suggested that Neely, who was experiencing homelessness, could have been in a […]
New Yorkers Protest Killing Of Jordan Neely
Protests erupted at a subway station and on the streets of New York City on Wednesday just days after a Black homeless man was killed on a train by another subway rider. Jordan Neely, 30, was put in a chokehold and killed on the northbound F train in New York by a 24-year-old Marine veteran […]
Lose Weight, Gain Huge Debt: 300 Bariatric Surgery Patients Sued by Provider
Seven months after Lahavah Wallace’s weight loss operation, a New York bariatric surgery practice sued her, accusing her of “intentionally” failing to pay nearly $18,000 of her bill. Long Island Minimally Invasive Surgery, which does business as the New York Bariatric Group (NYBG), went on to accuse Wallace of “embezzlement,” alleging she kept insurance payments […]