Experts Available

• share
• favorite_border

UTSW pediatric pulmonologist highlights how to reduce risk of serious asthma attack

• share
• favorite_border

Marvel Studios’ movie, “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever,” is the highly anticipated sequel to “Black Panther,” hitting theaters on November 11th. It will premiere without “Black Panther” star Chadwick Boseman, who passed away in 2020 from colorectal cancer at the age of 43. Boseman’s death was a stark reminder of the alarming rise in colorectal cancer in patients younger than 50, as well as the higher incidence and mortality of this disease in the non-Hispanic Black population.

• share
• favorite_border

Matthew Dalva will succeed Jill Daniel, who has been head of the Brain Institute since its inception in 2016.

• share
• favorite_border

Neuroscientists from Cedars-Sinai will present—and are available to comment on—cutting-edge brain research at the sixth International Human Single Neuron Meeting Nov. 10-11 at UCLA, and Neuroscience 2022, the annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, Nov. 12-16 in San Diego.

• share
• favorite_border

A former fellow at the UNM Comprehensive Cancer Center, Dr. Shashank Cingam comes back to New Mexico to Treat blood cancers.

• share
• favorite_border

Alzheimer's disease is a risk factor for epilepsy - and epilepsy is a risk factor for Alzheimer's. We spoke with Dr. Andrew Cole and Dr. Alice Lam about the latest research and some intriguing findings that suggest links between these two conditions.

• share
• favorite_border

The Infant Chronic Lung Disease Program takes a coordinated, multidisciplinary approach to support each baby’s overall development. For Manvi Bansal, MD, one of the biggest challenges of caring for babies with severe bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) is dealing with “the elephant in the room.”

• share
• favorite_border

Many more Utah teens are getting vaccinated for HPV, protecting them against six types of cancer. The state saw a significant increase in HPV vaccinations after a long history of mixed messages and misunderstandings about the vaccine. Huntsman Cancer Institute experts explain what’s working, and one woman tells about her harrowing cancer journey.

• share
• favorite_border

A team of leading University of Bristol researchers on hot topics, ranging from climate change policy to adapting to a warming world and ensuring the transition to a net zero economy is fair, are poised to join the 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference.

• share
• favorite_border

From medical training during a civil war to starting Kentucky's first epilepsy fellowship program, Dr. Meriem Bensalem-Owen talks with Sharp Waves about her career journey.

• share
• favorite_border

In the latest issue out today, The Physiologist Magazine (TPM) explores the scientific relevance of the body mass index (BMI) tool for assessing health; examines the critical role allyship plays in expanding diversity in physiology; and profiles gastrointestinal physiologist Simon Hirota, PhD, an associate professor at the University of Calgary in Canada.

• share
• favorite_border

Team members facilitated FaceTime calls and provided comfort care for Nazli Ozkilic’s father, who was in long-term care due to congestive heart failure

• share
• favorite_border

A recent viral video showing a California ophthalmologist removing 23 contact lenses from an elderly patient’s eye has drawn attention to the importance of properly using contact lenses to ensure the health of your eyes.

• share
• favorite_border

Daniel Graff is director of the University of Notre Dame’s Higgins Labor Program. Here, he explores the resurgence of unionization efforts, the future of the U.S. labor market and its impact on the economy.

• share
• favorite_border

At the University of Notre Dame, climate change researchers are bringing real-world solutions to communities worldwide, providing perspective on policy issues and encouraging shifts in human behavior to face that uncertainty with resilience.

• share
• favorite_border

An Arizona State University business professor examines how a new law in the United Kingdom deals with gender pay gap, and whether it can benefit the American workforce.

• share
• favorite_border

Although some pancreas cysts are benign, the majority are pre-cancerous and are the most common identifiable precursor to pancreatic cancer.

• share
• favorite_border

Wild turkey populations are disappearing in many states and a West Virginia University researcher is working to find out why.

• share
• favorite_border

Haejin In, MD, MPH, MBA, FACS, FSSO, is chief diversity officer, associate director for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, and surgical oncologist at Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, shares the facts, the warning signs and concerns for the disease in Asian Americans.

• share
• favorite_border

According to the American Lung Association, Black Americans, Latinos, Asian Americans or Pacific Islanders and Indigenous people who are diagnosed with lung cancer face worse outcomes compared to white Americans because they are less likely to be diagnosed early. Rutgers Cancer Institute expert shares how these disparities are being addressed and where to find cancer screening resources.

• share
• favorite_border

According to the 2021-2023 edition of the American Cancer Society’s Cancer Facts and Figures for Hispanic/Latino People, about 6,000 Hispanic men and 5,800 Hispanic women are expected to be diagnosed with cancer of the lung and 3,200 Hispanic men and 2,300 Hispanic women are expected to die from the disease this year. Expert from Rutgers Cancer Institute shares what the Hispanic community needs to know about the disease.

• share
• favorite_border

Shafali Spurling Jeste, MD, shares early findings—and a critical challenge—from the Autism Biomarkers Consortium for Clinical Trials. How do you know if a treatment for autism is effective? That’s a question that has no easy answer—due in large part to the heterogeneous nature of autism spectrum disorder.

• share
• favorite_border

Bats play a crucial role in many types of ecosystems. Alison Robbins, V92, is assistant director for the Master's in Conservation Medicine (MCM) program and research assistant professor in the Department of Infectious Disease and Global Health at Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University. She has been at Tufts for nearly 30 years and has been researching bats for 15 years.

• share
• favorite_border

Keeping your child safe and healthy is a multifaceted priority for families, starting with the ride home from the hospital in a properly installed car seat.

• share
• favorite_border

• share
• favorite_border

Antonio Iavarone, M.D., has made a decades-long commitment to finding better treatments for glioblastoma and other aggressive brain tumors. As the new deputy director of Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, he will have opportunities to do even more.

• share
• favorite_border

Patient Chris DeHart had a massive meningioma that required 9 surgeries and 3 surgical specialties to remove. He relied on a Houston Methodist 'dream team' of surgeons to solve his case.

• share
• favorite_border

Mentoring interns creates opportunities to inspire the future, diverse workforce with pathways into STEM careers.

• share
• favorite_border

ROSEMONT, Ill. (October 27, 2022) — Eczema, or atopic dermatitis, is a common skin condition affecting 1 in 10 Americans. Patients with eczema often experience itchy, dry, raw, and sensitive patches of skin, which greatly impacts their quality of life. As we wrap up Eczema Awareness Month, board-certified dermatologists provide easy steps you can take at home to ease your symptoms.

• share
• favorite_border

That thing prickling the hair on the back of your neck? Could it actually be good for you? A Penn State Health psychologist talks about whether there’s such a thing as a good scare.

• share
• favorite_border

In addition to a rise in school shootings, students, parents and teachers are dealing with another threat to the classroom: False shooting reports across the U.S. have become a recent trend in school safety.

• share
• favorite_border

尊敬的妙佑医疗国际：我的偏头痛断断续续发作已有五年了，为此我饱受折磨。最近，我发现自己平时服用的口服药物似乎也没那么有效了。我知道市面上有一些更新型的药物，但一位朋友建议我试一试Botox注射。她很认真地告诉我，正是这种药物使她的慢性头痛得到了控制。我想请问一下，Botox注射的安全性怎么样？是如何起作用的？这种药物的治疗方案是什么？需要结合使用其他头痛药物吗？答：Botox又名A型肉毒杆菌毒素，其于2010年经美国食品药品管理局批准用于治疗慢性偏头痛。这种药物并不能根治此病。使用Botox注射治疗头痛的患者通常需要每三个月接受一次注射。

• share
• favorite_border

ESTIMADA MAYO CLINIC: venho sofrendo com enxaquecas intermitentes há mais ou menos cinco anos. Recentemente, a terapia oral que venho usando parece não estar mais fazendo efeito. Apesar de saber que novos medicamentos estão disponíveis, uma amiga sugeriu que eu experimentasse injeções de Botox. Ela jura que as injeções deixaram seus níveis de dores de cabeça sob controle. Essas injeções são seguras e como o Botox funciona? Qual é o cronograma de tratamento e eu também precisaria tomar outros medicamentos para dor de cabeça? RESPOSTA: a toxina Onabotulínica A, ou Botox, foi aprovada pela Food and Drug Administration (Administração de Alimentos e Medicamentos dos Estados Unidos) em 2010 para tratar enxaquecas. Não se trata de uma cura. As pessoas que recebem injeções de Botox para dores de cabeça geralmente recebem o tratamento mais ou menos a cada três meses.

• share
• favorite_border

ESTIMADA MAYO CLINIC: He sufrido migraña de forma intermitente durante aproximadamente cinco años. En el último tiempo, la terapia oral que he recibido pareciera ser menos eficaz. Si bien sé que existen medicamentos más nuevos, una amiga me sugirió que pruebe las inyecciones de bótox. Mi amiga jura que el bótox controló sus dolores de cabeza crónicos. ¿Cuán seguras son estas inyecciones? ¿Cómo funciona el bótox? ¿Cuál es el plan de tratamiento? ¿También tendría que tomar otro medicamento para el dolor de cabeza? RESPUESTA: La onabotulinumtoxina A, o el bótox, fue aprobada por la Administración de Alimentos y Medicamentos en el 2010 para el tratamiento de los dolores de cabeza por migraña crónicos. No es una cura. Las personas que reciben inyecciones de bótox para los dolores de cabeza suelen recibir el tratamiento aproximadamente cada tres meses.

• share
• favorite_border

ASU business professor says cyber adversaries will look to midterm elections to stir the pot with voters, with most of the hyperbolic chatter coming from malicious bots spreading racism and hate on social media and in the comments section on news sites.

• share
• favorite_border

Cedars-Sinai and other hospitals nationwide are seeing a surge in cases of pediatric RSV (respiratory syncytial virus) that are showing up earlier than expected this year. Healthcare providers are worried about the onset of the virus combined with the additional threats of the flu and COVID-19 as we head into winter.

• share
• favorite_border

In recognition of National Healthy Skin Month in November, board-certified dermatologists are providing their top tips for caring for your skin, hair, and nails.

• share
• favorite_border

Richard W. Garnett is the University of Notre Dame’s Paul J. Schierl/Fort Howard Corporation Professor of Law, director of the Law School’s Program on Church, State & Society and a concurrent professor of political science. Garnett discusses the future of the Supreme Court.

• share
• favorite_border

Six surgeons directly involved in caring for injured patients during the war in Ukraine shared their experiences Wednesday, October 19, during the American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress 2022 in San Diego.

• share
• favorite_border

Arizona State University faculty member Debra Radway discusses how inflation will play a role in consumer spending and how families can prepare for this holiday season and beyond.

• share
• favorite_border

Quando falamos em AVCs, cada segundo é importante. Especialistas da Mayo Clinic explicam como reconhecer os sinais de um AVC e como reduzir o seu risco. “Dizemos com frequência que o ‘tempo é valioso para o cérebro,’ o que significa que, quanto mais rápido for restabelecido o fluxo sanguíneo para ele, melhores serão os resultados para o paciente,” afirma o Dr. James Meschia, neurologista da Mayo Clinic, na Flórida.

• share
• favorite_border

Cuando se trata de accidentes cerebrovasculares , cada segundo cuenta. Los expertos de Mayo Clinic explican cómo reconocer los signos de un accidente cerebrovascular y cómo reducir el riesgo de que se produzcan. "A menudo decimos 'el tiempo es cerebro' para referirnos a que cuanto antes podamos restaurar el flujo de sangre al cerebro, mejores serán los resultados para el paciente," dice el Dr. James Meschia, neurólogo de Mayo Clinic en Florida .

• share
• favorite_border

When it comes to strokes, every second counts. Mayo Clinic experts explain how to recognize the signs of a stroke and how to reduce stroke risk.

• share
• favorite_border

Although breast cancer is more common in women, during October, Breast Cancer Awareness Month, experts from Cedars-Sinai Cancer are reminding men that they are at risk as well. One in every 100 breast cancers in the U.S. is diagnosed in a man, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

• share
• favorite_border

A team at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles recently became the first in the world to use a novel, basket-shaped retrieval device to successfully remove a large right atrial thrombus (blood clot).

• share
• favorite_border

In celebration of Hispanic Heritage - Latin American Heritage Month, 5 QSA-affiliated scientists described how they pivoted to quantum information science (QIS) and technology, and why they're excited about the opportunities for scientific discovery. Featuring Ana Maria Rey, Pablo Poggi, Sergio Cantu, Elmer Guardado Sanchez, and Diego Barberena. QSA (Quantum Systems Accelerator) is a National QIS Research Center funded by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). Berkeley Lab leads QSA with Sandia National Laboratories as the lead partner. QSA is composed of 15 member institutions in the United States and Canada.

• share
• favorite_border

Cedars-Sinai physicians and scientists will share the results of new research aimed at improving the treatment of digestive diseases during the international meeting of the American College of Gastroenterology (ACG). The clinical conference will take place Oct. 21-26 in Charlotte, North Carolina, and is available for virtual and in-person attendance.