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�ٺ���Ƶ Opens 18,000 Square-Foot Outpatient Clinic Near Penn Station.

 “Health system �ٺ���Ƶ Health has opened a new outpatient clinic near Penn Station, part of an effort to cement its footprint in the city’s developing Midtown neighborhoods, the organization announced today.” The clinic “spans 18,000 square feet and has 25 exam rooms, three of which are designated for outpatient procedures such as colonoscopies.” The article adds that “new developments led NYU [Langone Health] to open a clinic in the area, said Andrew Rubin, senior vice president, clinical affairs and ambulatory care.

 reports, “The new center will house 15 medical providers in internal medicine, endocrinology, gastroenterology, orthopedic surgery, podiatry, spine surgery, sports medicine, and urology.”

Film About �ٺ���Ƶ Orthopedic Hospital Chosen To Screened In The 23rd Tribeca Festival.

 “A feature film sponsored by �ٺ���Ƶ Health �����ٳ�DZ��徱����, On the Shoulders of Giants: The History of �ٺ���Ƶ Orthopedics, has been chosen to screen in the 23rd Tribeca Festival as an official selection of the 2024 Tribeca X Award competition,” and “�ٺ���Ƶ Orthopedics will host a private viewing of the film on June 12 at the Tribeca Screening Room after the winners of Tribeca X are announced at the awards ceremony, to be held the day before at Convene One Liberty Plaza in Manhattan.”

Kelly McKinney: We Could Be Ready For The Next Pandemic. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)

�ճ��  (5/19) Kelly McKinney, assistant vice president, Emergency Management & Enterprise Resilience, a former deputy commissioner at the New York City Office of Emergency Management and chief disaster officer at the American Red Cross in Greater New York, writes, “When we saw the outbreak in Wuhan in January 2020, the emergency management team at my organization, �ٺ���Ƶ Health, put ourselves there, to size it up.”

Pills In Disguise: The Surprising Surge Of Fentanyl Seizures. (SciTech Daily)

 (5/18) “Joseph J. Palamar, MPH, PhD, associate professor, Department of Population Health, “and lead author on the paper, said, ‘Public health efforts are needed to help prevent these pills from falling into the hands of young people, and to help prevent overdose among people taking pills that unsuspectingly contain fentanyl.’”

Concussions: What Parents Need To Know. (New York Family)

 (5/16) “sat down with Dennis A. Cardone, DO, associate professor, Departments of Orthopedic Surgery and Pediatrics, and chief, Division of Primary Care Sports Medicine, “to talk about what parents need to know about managing concussions with their children.”

Knicks’ Method For Managing OG Anunoby’s Hamstring. (New York Post)

�ճ��  (5/17) “Michael J. Alaia, MD, associate professor, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, joins New York Post Sports anchor Brandon London for the weekly ‘Injury Report’ segment to explain the reported daily eight-hour rehab process that OG Anunoby is going through and how effective the Knicks wing can be if he returns to action just a few weeks after the initial injury.”

Docs Reveal How To Avoid Dreaded ‘Festival Flu’. (New York Post)

�ճ��  (5/17) “We also see laryngitis which is a strain of the vocal cords from screaming singing,” Tania Mucci-Elliott, MD, clinical instructor, Department of Medicine, Divisions of Infectious Diseases, and General Internal Medicine, “as well as a spokesperson for the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology told The Post.”

Life Support Withdrawn Too Soon In Severe TBI? (Medscape)

 (5/17)*” Ariane Lewis, MD, professor, Departments of Neurology, and Neurosurgery, “said, ‘It has long been recognized that our understanding of recovery after acute brain injury has been jaded by nihilism and the self-fulfilling prophecy – the expectation of a bad outcome leading to premature withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment which results in death.’”

Screen Men, Not Women, For Intimate Partner Violence. (Healio)

 (5/19) Omnia Soliman, associate director of research at the NYU Empower Lab, said, “In the past, only women have been screened for victimization, and that has also been shown to [be ineffective], because there’s really not much that we can do about victimization unless there’s hard-core proof.”

Psoriatic Arthritis Phenotypes And Disease Activity: Ethnic And Racial Components. (MedPage Today)

 (5/15) “A group of investigators based at  Grossman School of Medicine took a closer look at PsA phenotypes and disease activity in patients of different ethnic and racial backgrounds.” Study lead author “Rebecca Haberman, MD, assistant professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, told MedPage Today that the results for the Hispanic cohort were of particular clinical interest.”

Vigilance Needed In Gout Treatment To Reduce CVD Risks. (MDEdge)

 (5/17) “‘Guideline-concordant gout treatment, which is essentially an anti-inflammatory urate-lowering strategy, at least improves arterial physiology and likely reduces cardiovascular risk,’ Michael H. Pillinger, MD, professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, and Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, “told attendees at the 4th Annual Cardiometabolic Risk in Inflammatory Conditions conference.”

Physicians Reveal The Self Care Activities That Help Them Avoid Burnout. (Neurology Advisor)

 (5/17) Nieca Goldberg, MD, clinical associate professor, Department of Medicine, the Leon H. Charney Division of Cardiology, said, “In addition to preventing cardiovascular disease, exercise improves overall mood and wellbeing.”

The Most Common COVID Symptoms Doctors Are Seeing This Spring. (HuffPost)

 (5/20) Purvi S. Parikh, MD, clinical assistant professor, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Allergy & Immunology, and Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Allergy and Immunology, said, “KP.2 is one of several variants being referred to as ‘FLiRT variants,’ named after the technical names for their mutations.”

Xenotransplant Responses, Interactions Unraveled With Multiomic Analyses. (GenomeWeb)

 (5/17) “A team from the Broad Institute, �ٺ���Ƶ Health, and other centers has used multiomic profiling to characterize immune and other responses to xenotransplantation surgeries where modified pig organs were transplanted into humans.” Co-senior and corresponding author Brendan Keating, PhD, member of the faculty, Department of Surgery, �ٺ���Ƶ Transplant Institute, said in an email, “We were able to get several thousand lipids, proteins, and metabolites every hours, which allowed us to do unbiased pathway analyses across the course of both studies.”

Can Stress Trigger Diarrhea? Yep – This Is How You Can Deal With It. (Chi-Town Daily News)

 (5/18) “Your GI and central nervous programs are straight linked through a pathway known as the gut-brain axis and are ‘continuously in a two-way dialog,” says Roshini Raj, MD, clinical associate professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, as well as the writer of Intestine Renovation, and co-founder of YayDay digestive dietary supplements.

�ٺ���Ƶ Health Expert Discusses Effect Of Climate Change On Those With Migraines. (WNBC-TV New York)

 (5/16) a�Ի� Natalie E. Azar, MD, clinical associate professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, discusses the effects of climate change on migraine sufferers, as well as what they can do to prevent or alleviate them.

New Drug To Treat Menopause Symptoms Shows Promising Results. (TODAY)

 (5/18) “A new drug to treat hot flashes and other symptoms of menopause is showing promising results and could provide relief for millions of people,” and Natalie E. Azar, MD, clinical associate professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, “joins TODAY to weigh in on when it could be available.”

Dr Marc Siegel Touts ‘Enormous Benefits’ Of Olive Oil Over Ultra-Processed Foods. (Fox News)

 (5/18) Fox News medical contributor Marc K. Siegel, MD, clinical professor, Department of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine “weighs in on the dangers of ultra-processed foods versus the benefits of a Mediterranean diet on ‘Fox News Live.’”

In a separate video segment, (5/16) Marc K. Siegel, MD, clinical professor, Department of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, “breaks down the ‘cycle of worry’ as a poll finds Americans are sleeping less and stressing more.”

In a separate article with  (5/19), Marc K. Siegel, MD, clinical professor, Department of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, said, “Previous research shows a high-level recovery from mild TBI and a significant recovery percentage even with moderate to severe injury.”

News from �ٺ���Ƶ Hospital—Long Island

Weight Loss Revolution: Incredible New Drugs Could Lead To Huge Reduction In Cancer Incidence Say Some Doctors. (SurvivorNet)

 (5/16) Andrea Tufano-Sugarman MD, fellow, �ٺ���Ƶ Hospital—Long Island, said, “While all cancers cannot be prevented, ... losing weight is a great way to reduce one’s risk.”

NYU’s Academic Year Review: Achievements, Milestones And New Initiatives. (NYC Gazette)

 (5/16) “During the summer, thirteen alumni and faculty won 2023 Tony Awards, while NYU received a $200 million gift from Kenneth and Elaine Langone for its Long Island School of Medicine.”