Clinical Challenges: New Hope in Management of Neurofibromatosis
A decade of progress has brought hope to management of genetic tumor-causing conditions that fall under the umbrella of neurofibromatosis (NF). “There have been more discoveries and more approaches in the past decade than the 100 years before that,” said Roger J. Packer, MD, of the Gilbert Family Neurofibromatosis Institute at Children’s National Hospital in […]
I Nearly Died From ‘Broken Heart Syndrome’ — And Here’s Why You Could Be At Risk, Too
The author and her husband on their honeymoon in 2017. Courtesy of Melisse Lombard “I hope you’re taking care of yourself.” That’s the line that’s been coming at me for years now –– across my texts, LinkedIn DMs and voicemails, across dinner tables and Slack messages, and haven’t-seen-you-in-forever emails. I know people mean well. I […]
A new breakthrough in obesity research may allow you to lose fat while eating all you want
This is a significant development that brings hope to the one billion individuals with obesity worldwide. Researchers led by Director C. Justin LEE from the Center for Cognition and Sociality (CCS) within the Institute for Basic Science (IBS) have discovered new insights into the regulation of fat metabolism. The focus of their study lies within […]
Outgoing AMA President Calls for Unity in the Relay That Is Medicine
Jack Resneck Jr., MD, conveyed a message of hope, progress, and unity in his final speech as American Medical Association (AMA) president, but without ignoring “very real” threats to the profession. During the AMA House of Delegates (HOD) meeting Friday, he quipped “You got to hear from ‘angry Jack’ back in November,” referring to his […]
Intense exercise while dieting may reduce cravings for fatty food
In a study that offers hope for human dieters, rats on a 30-day diet who exercised intensely resisted cues for favored, high-fat food pellets. The experiment was designed to test resistance to the phenomenon known as “incubation of craving,” meaning the longer a desired substance is denied, the harder it is to ignore signals for […]
Opinion | Let’s Break the Incontinence Taboo
I hope that someday soon I wake up to one of those oft-mocked headlines that reads: “Millennials killed the incontinence pad industry.” If that day comes, it means that we have finally done our job as urogynecologists to dismantle one of the most pervasive and infantilizing myths that exists: that urinary leakage is an inevitable […]