Medical and legalized marijuana in Colorado
(Published in JN Learning) Interview with Larry Wolk, MD, MSPH, chief medical officer for the Colorado Department of Public Health, about medical and legalized marijuana in Colorado.
Mr Waxman Went to Washington: Congressman an Architect of Health Laws for 4 Decades
(Published in JamaNetwork.com) When Rep Henry Waxman (D, Calif) retires from the House of Representatives later this year, he will leave behind an impressive list of accomplishments. Waxman, who is completing his 20th term in Congress, has had a hand in nearly every major piece of health legislation in the past 40 years. He has […]
Pediatrician Sees Long Road Ahead for Flint After Lead Poisoning Crisis
(Published in JamaNetwork.com) Concern about lead exposure in her pediatric patients thrust Mona Hanna-Attisha, MD, director of the pediatric residency program at Hurley Medical Center in Flint, Michigan, into the eye of a growing public health scandal surrounding lead contamination in Flint’s water supply. In January, President Obama declared a federal state of emergency in […]
Alumni Profile: Health is More than Healthcare
John Lumpkin tackles health from all sides (Published in Northwestern Medicine Magazine) The average American spends just 60 minutes a year receiving healthcare, says John Lumpkin, ’73 BMS, ’74 MD — not enough time to tackle the harmful effects of health inequities or resolve the chronic diseases that too often result from them. “Health is […]
Weill Cornell doctor creates epidemic modeling tool
(Published in Cornell Chronicle) Mathematical modeling by Weill Cornell Medicine is helping to guide New York state and New York City leaders as they make decisions that could affect the trajectory of the COVID-19 pandemic. Using a tool he created called the Cornell COVID Caseload Calculator C5V, Dr. Nathaniel Hupert, associate professor of population health sciences and of […]
Studies offer tips on lessening spaceflight-related risk
(Published in Cornell Chronicle) Space travel, illnesses like COVID-19 and climbing Mount Everest can trigger the body’s stress response systems in similar ways, according to new studies by Weill Cornell Medicine, space agencies and other investigators. The discoveries, including new maps of the abundance of mutations and immune changes found in blood cells during spaceflight, may […]
Peer Review: Rooting out bias
(Published in eLife) While many scientists pride themselves on not being biased, the data suggest otherwise. Study after study has found that women scientists and scientists from certain minorities experience bias when it comes to getting funded, getting published or getting on in their career. This bias can be both conscious and unconscious. And while […]
Mitigating the Psychological Harm of COVID-19 Pandemic for Clinicians
(Published in ahajournals.com) Like many cardiologists and their teams, Laxmi Mehta, M.D. Director of Preventative Cardiology and Women’s Cardiovascular Health at the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, is making enormous changes in both her practice and personal life in the face of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. She and her colleagues shifted to […]
Fixing the Parent Trap for Resident Physicians
(Published in JamaNetwork.com) Seeing residents struggle during their first several months after becoming a parent inspired Michael Gisondi, MD, to take action. As vice chair of education in the Department of Emergency Medicine at Stanford University’s School of Medicine, he teamed up in the fall of 2017 with the emergency medicine residency program’s then-chief resident, […]
Trauma-Informed Care May Ease Patient Fear, Clinician Burnout
(Published in JamaNetwork.com) For many sexual assault survivors whom Anita Ravi, MD, MPH, sees as a New York City–based family physician, the prospect of even basic medical care can be frightening. Some have put off Papanicolaou tests and mammograms for years or even decades. To help them, Ravi has adopted a trauma-informed approach that works to restore […]
