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Asian American Women Are Getting Lung Cancer Despite Never Smoking. ItÔÇÖs Baffling Scientists And Leading To More Research. (NBC News)

NBC News (3/7) At NYU Langone Health, ÔÇ£Elaine Shum, MD, assistant professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Perlmutter Cancer Center, has seen dozens of nonsmoking Asian American women with lung cancer,ÔÇØ leading her to begin her own clinical trial, the initial results of which ÔÇ£she presented at a major cancer conference showed that Asian women had a higher lung cancer detection rate than the original national trial ÔÇô 1.5% versus 1%.ÔÇØ Stella S. Yi, MPH, PhD, associate professor, Department of Population Health, who co-leads the Innovations in Data Equity for All Laboratory at NYU Langone Health, notes that Asian Americans are often categorized as ÔÇ£OtherÔÇØ in surveys or overly broad groups that obfuscates their data.

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Are You A ÔÇÿFloor PersonÔÇÖ? Why Lying On The Ground Feels So Good. (New York Times)

The New York Times (3/8) ÔÇ£If you are able to try it and want to give floor time a go, ÔÇÿfocus on your breath, really turn inward,ÔÇÖ said Rachel L. Goldman, PhD, clinical assistant professor, Department of Psychiatry.

TikTok Influencers Are Now Treating Ozempic Side Effects. (TIME)

TIME (3/7) ÔÇ£Holly F. Lofton, MD, clinical associate professor, Departments of Surgery, Division of Bariatric Surgery, and Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, has patients who first went to dermatologists or telehealth companies for weight-loss drugs and werenÔÇÖt given proper oversight.ÔÇØ
CBS News (3/7) Holly F. Lofton, MD, clinical associate professor, Departments of Surgery, Division of Bariatric Surgery, and Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine., said, ÔÇ£There are some patients who are not candidates for this class of medication if they have a family history or personal history of medullary thyroid cancer, so itÔÇÖs important that every person who is screened to consider Ozempic or Wegovy for weight loss or diabetes should be asked, do you have a personal or family history of this condition?ÔÇØ

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Cardiologists Share The 1 Food They Never (Or Rarely) Eat. (HuffPost)

HuffPost (3/8) ÔÇ£ÔÇÿMargarine seems like a great idea in theory, but it turns out to be just as bad as butter,ÔÇÖ said Harmony R. Reynolds, MD, associate professor, Department of Medicine, the Leon H. Charney Division of Cardiology.

100+ Hospitals, Health Systems Among NewsweekÔÇÖs Greatest Workplaces For Women. (Becker’s Hospital Review)

BeckerÔÇÖs Hospital Review (3/7) reports, ÔÇ£Newsweek has published its 2024 ÔÇÿAmericaÔÇÖs Greatest Workplaces for WomenÔÇÖ rankingÔÇØ created with ÔÇ£market data research firm Plant-A Insights.ÔÇØ The list includes NYU Langone Health.

ÔÇÿParrot FeverÔÇÖ Outbreaks Cause 5 Deaths In Europe, Sparking Warnings. (Fox News)

Fox News (3/7) Parrot fever ÔÇ£is rare in the U.S., only affecting about 10 people per year, according to Marc K. Siegel, MD, clinical professor, Department of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine and a Fox News medical contributor.ÔÇØ

Alabama IVF Ruling Draws Attention To TechnologyÔÇÖs Unregulated Frontiers. (Washington Post)

The Washington Post (3/7) Pasquale Patrizio, in 2009, made the case ÔÇ£that the debate over whether embryos are morally equal to people had fizzled long ago,ÔÇØ with he and co-author Arthur L. Caplan, PhD, the Drs. William F. and Virginia Connolly Mitty Professor, Department of Population Health, Division of Medical Ethics, writing, ÔÇ£The era of the embryo ÔÇÿwarsÔÇÖ may be coming to an end.ÔÇØ

MassachusettsÔÇÖ Infant Abandonment Laws Are Failing Families In Crisis. (Boston Globe)

The Boston Globe (3/8) Lori Bruce, a bioethicist at Yale UniversityÔÇÖs Interdisciplinary Center for Bioethics, and Arthur L. Caplan, PhD, the Drs. William F. and Virginia Connolly Mitty Professor, Department of Population Health, Division of Medical Ethics, discuss how ÔÇ£baby boxesÔÇØ from Safe Haven laws ÔÇ£are often celebrated in the news, but their implementation and use raise a number of ethical questions.ÔÇØ

Anorexia: When Is It Ethical To Stop Treatment? (Medscape)

Paywall* Medscape (3/7)* Arthur L. Caplan, PhD, the Drs. William F. and Virginia Connolly Mitty Professor, Department of Population Health, Division of Medical Ethics, discusses ÔÇ£what to do with young women who just seem not to respond to efforts to treat their anorexia.ÔÇØ

Lessons From A Compassionate Use Firestorm. (BioCentury)

Paywall* BioCentury (3/7)* ÔÇ£On the tenth anniversary of a viral media campaign that extended a boyÔÇÖs life, bioethicistÔÇØ Arthur L. Caplan, PhD, the Drs. William F. and Virginia Connolly Mitty Professor, Department of Population Health, Division of Medical Ethics, ÔÇ£reflected in an interview with The BioCentury Show on how the experience reshaped public views, corporate policies and legal requirements associated with providing access to unapproved therapies.