Deep Dive - Season 10

New York-based Ayurvedic practitioner Simmi Chopra provides insight into the guiding principles of Ayurvedic medicine, why healing should look different depending on an individual’s body constitution, and the major ideological differences between Ayurveda and Western medicine.

Andrew Bolibol, a PhD candidate in Harvard University’s Health Policy Program, highlights trends and gaps in health insurance coverage between LGBT and non-LGBT adults, and how the Affordable Care Act and the legalization of same-sex marriage have played a role in these trends.

Devan Jaganath, MD, MPH, breaks down how artificial intelligence technology helps detect cough sounds, severity and frequency, and how this new technology can help treat infants.

Courtney Wells, PhD, MPH, discusses her recently published study that evaluated 22 patients with autoimmune rheumatic diseases during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic to assess their perspectives on how the pandemic impacted their mental and physical wellbeing.

Dr. William Soliman is the founder and CEO of the Accreditation Council for Medical Affairs (ACMA), a global organization devoted to setting standards in pharma. ACMA is dedicated to ensuring pharmaceutical companies’ medical science liaisons are board-certified in medical affairs.

Beth Garner, MD, MPH, chief scientific officer at Ferring Pharmaceuticals, explains what fertility means in the United States vs across the globe, as well as current unmet needs in reproductive health and the latest trends in fertility treatments.

Seekwell founder Ron Shimoni joins to explain how the company is using advanced computing to help determine the best use of different batches of hemp extract, and why this could be a key to unlocking the full potential of cannabis extracts.

Lauren Pace, MD, obstetrician-gynecologist at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, discusses a recent study on how sedation during abortion care differs based on patient race.

Jonathan Miller, MD, pediatrician and chief of primary care, pediatrics, at Nemours Children's Health in the Delaware Valley, spoke about the latest data regarding early HPV vaccination in children as young as 9 years at the 2023 Pediatric Academic Societies meeting

Given the large number of patients diagnosed with cancer and amount of data produced during cancer treatment, interest in the application of artificial intelligence to improve oncologic care is expanding and holds potential. Here, Tufia C. Haddad, MD, discusses how experts can leverage AI to improve care for their patients with cancer.

The prevalence of autism is up in the United States, as data suggests approximately 1 in 36 will be diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder. Thomas Megerian, MD, Ph.D, FAAP, Clinical Director, Thompson Autism and Neurodevelopmental Center at CHOC, explains this increasing trend has been taking place even before the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Megerian explains why early intervention and continued data collection is so important for manifestation patterns, treatment, and awareness.

A recent study found that shortages of the bladder cancer drug BCG have led to variation in state treatment patterns for NMIBC. In this interview, study author Brian Chun, MD, discusses the findings. Chun is a urology resident at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center in Pennsylvania.

Ravi Parikh, MD and colleagues at the Department of Ophthalmology, NYU Grossman School of Medicine presented a paper on the “biosimilar paradox” at the 2023 Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) Annual Meeting in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Stuart Staggs, senior director of strategic programs at McKesson, discusses community oncology challenges, advancing health equity, practice considerations for Enhancing Oncology Model, updates around The US Oncology Network, and more.

Stephen Greene, MD, offers perspective into new research he participated in which indicates patients hospitalized for heart failure at hospitals in rural settings have worse outcomes than those hospitalized at hospitals in urban settings, with this disparity becoming more significant for Black men and women.

Patricia Hunt, BS, MS, PhD, discusses the association between prenatal development and parental age. Research has shown the incidence of chromosomally abnormal eggs is strongly influenced by maternal age. Further influence has been observed from maternal environment, leading to impacts on events in the fetal ovary. Both of these factors influence maternal-fetal health.

Researchers at NYU have developed a single score to describe the level of cytokines in the saliva, and this score is linked with the severity of clinical gum inflammation, according to the study. Three dentist members of the research team help explain the significance of the study’s results and what future research is planned.

Margaret Rosenzweig, PhD, CRNP-C, AOCNP, FAAN, discusses how nursing-led palliative care may help to improve advanced care planning uptake and increase end-of-life discussions in patients with advanced cancer. Additionally, she highlights the importance in including nurses as part of a holistic cancer care team, having end-of-life conversations with patients earlier, and the potential difficulty of implementing training to spark end-of-life conversations.

Eric Rubenstein, PhD, assistant professor, Department of Epidemiology, Boston University School of Public Health, discusses the findings of his recent study aimed at quantifying students with disabilities experiencing homelessness, compared to students without disabilities. Across the 7 states and Washington, DC, authors found that 4.7% of students with disabilities experienced homelessness, 58% greater than the percentage of students without disabilities (95% confidence interval 1.57-1.59).