“We at the American Journal of Public Health have no interest in following the president’s prohibitions on language.” — Georges Benjamin, MD, executive director of the American Public Health Association, discussing how editors at the organization’s journal will continue to publish only studies that meet their guidelines.
“Expensive medications have an impact on our patients.” — Amir Qaseem, MD, PhD, MHA, of the American College of Physicians (ACP), on a new ACP episodic migraine prevention guideline that diverges from what migraine experts recommend.
“Even an experienced ob/gyn will never have everything memorized.” — David Hackney, MD, of Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, discussing how the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists will host PDFs of government-issued ob/gyn-related guidance.
“People with diabetes on these medications will need to have an increased level of surveillance, especially early.” — Judith Warner, MD, of the University of Utah Health in Salt Lake City, on a handful of patients on GLP-1 agents who developed ophthalmic complications.
“We weren’t able to access it.” — Jim Mangia, president and CEO of St. John’s Community Health in California, discussing frozen funds from a $1.67 million CDC grant earmarked for transgender health services.
“Omega-3 supplementation — algae-based and 1 g per day — rejuvenated biological age by, on average, 3 months in 3 years.” — Heike Bischoff-Ferrari, MD, DrPH, of the University of Zurich, on a study suggesting daily omega-3 supplementation showed benefit on epigenetic clocks.
“The symptoms he described aren’t symptoms of kidney cancer.” — Bradley Leibovich, MD, of the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, discussing Basketball Hall of Famer Dwyane Wade’s kidney cancer diagnosis.
“Unfortunately in pregnancy, there is such a paucity of information as it relates to new pharmacologic agents.” — Emily Adams, MD, of Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore, on mixed pregnancy outcomes with semaglutide (Ozempic) in patients with type 2 diabetes.
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