“A lot of people in medicine feel very threatened right now, and very apprehensive about what the future holds.” — Celeste Royce, MD, of Harvard Medical School in Boston, discussing a lawsuit against federal agencies after papers were removed from the Patient Safety Network site.
“There are things that happen that only a true insider knows.” — Joe Sachs, MD, co-executive producer of the medical drama ‘The Pitt,” discussing how medical expertise enhances the show’s accuracy.
“You need to generate the evidence, not guess what the answers will be.” — Martin Landray, MBChB, PhD, of the University of Oxford in England, on the need to rapidly start clinical trials early in a pandemic.
“The effects of vitamin D on reducing disease activity are comparable to those of some available drugs, with excellent safety.” — Eric Thouvenot, MD, PhD, of the Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nimes in France, discussing a trial of high-dose vitamin D for early multiple sclerosis.
“It’s worthwhile to have points of comparison so that there isn’t one group that monopolizes everything.” — Richard Nakamura, PhD, former director of the NIH’s Center for Scientific Review, on the agency’s proposal to centralize peer review for grants.
“The idea is that low-grade inflammation contributes to brain damage.” — M. Arfan Ikram, MD, PhD, of Erasmus University in the Netherlands, discussing long-term non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug use and dementia risk.
“Any interaction with a healthcare system is an opportunity to test for syphilis and screen for it.” — Joseph Cherabie, MD, of Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, on evidence supporting universal screening for syphilis in the emergency department.
“It seems as if the chaos in Washington has led to significant delays in the delivery of that funding.” — Steven Leach, MD, of the Dartmouth Cancer Center in New Hampshire, discussing funding for National Cancer Institute-designated cancer centers.
“Our responsive parenting intervention is among the few that have shown benefit in the first years after birth, but no interventions to date have shown benefits into middle childhood.” — Ian Paul, MD, MSc, of Penn State College of Medicine, discussing healthy feeding training for mothers.
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