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An FDA advisory committee unanimously concluded that phenylephrine, a common ingredient in decongestants, is no better than a placebo. There are other similarly ineffective drugs out there, researchers say. Thank you to Harlan Krumholz Reshma Ramachandran and Joseph Ross medicine.yale.edu/news-article/p…

We're hiring 2 full-time, year-long fellows to join the High Country News editorial team. Report, write, fact check – broaden our coverage of the West. Proud that this position finally includes health care. Get the details & apply classifieds.hcn.org/denver/employm…

A new study explains why we remember emotional experiences better even when our acute stress response is activated. My latest for Yale School of Medicine with Elizabeth Goldfarb medicine.yale.edu/news-article/s…

Teplizumab (Tzield®) helps preserve the ability of children and adolescents with new-onset type 1 diabetes to make their own insulin, a phase 3 trial finds. Read my latest story for Yale School of Medicine: medicine.yale.edu/news-article/f…

“#LongCOVID has taught the world that these #diseases are real... and we need to study them.” – Yale Center for #Infection and #Immunity founder Prof. Akiko Iwasaki on the new center’s vital #research mission. brnw.ch/21wE3Py

Brain fog is a common Long COVID symptom. A new study rules out neuroinflammation & blood-brain-barrier dysfunction as likely causes. "With more studies, we can start to eliminate some of the possibilities & zero in on others," says Shelli Farhadian Yale School of Medicine medicine.yale.edu/news-article/b…

This👇. Sometimes women go without care too long, develop late complications or a serious fetal problem is detected late, but women don't carry a pregnancy for 8 months & just change their mind. Abortion “until the day of birth” is almost never a thing washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/…

Another day, another patient diagnosed with IC as a teenager who actually had endometriosis the whole time and was finally diagnosed at 30 years old. I see this patient over and over and over and over and over. In my mind bladder pain is endometriosis until I prove otherwise.

High-intensity Exercise Can Reverse Neurodegeneration in Parkinson’s Disease Isabella Backman Yale Medicine Magazine 🏃‍♀️medicine.yale.edu/news-article/h…

I am excited to announce the launch of Yale Medicine's "Long COVID Dispatches from the Front Lines with Lisa Sanders MD" This blog has been my first major project in an editorial role and after a year of hard work it's finally come to life. Check it out: yalemedicine.org/news/long-covi…

So proud of our Phase 2 IND decentralized trial; covered the entire contiguous US. Thx to Isabella Backman for a great article that captures the participant perspective and conveys how we have cracked the code on this approach. Yale School of Medicine Yale Center for Infection and Immunity YaleClinicalResearch medicine.yale.edu/news-article/a…

Do you have Long COVID and chest pain as a symptom? For Long COVID Dispatches, we're looking for patients who would like to anonymously share their stories. Shoot me a 📩 if you're interested yalemedicine.org/news/long-covi…

Thank you Isabella Backman Yale School of Medicine for highlighting our latest work by keyla sá Julio Silva et al demonstrating the role of autoantibodies in #longCOVID disease pathogenesis 🙏🏽 Very grateful to collaborate with Boo-trino Lab Harlan Krumholz @LindsayMcA @SpudichSerena! medicine.yale.edu/news-article/n…

Getting the updated COVID-19 vaccine this fall? A new study finds the shots not only prevent severe disease, but also may reduce the risk of Long COVID. Lisa Sanders MD Ziyad Al-Aly, MD Scott Roberts yalemedicine.org/news/covid-vac…

Today, we launched our new Long COVID Dispatches series, "Voices of Long COVID," in which we invited our readers to share their experiences of living with the disease. See our first post here: yalemedicine.org/news/living-wi… Lisa Sanders MD

Ads promoting vaping products are aggressively targeting teens via their smart phones. I spoke with researchers to learn more about tactics tobacco companies use to reach youth through social media Thank you Grace Kong dhiraj murthy Deepa Camenga medicine.yale.edu/news-article/h…

A groundbreaking new report from the The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine National Academies calls for the creation of a new NIH institute dedicated to women's health. The report included my testimony on vulvodynia (chronic vulvar pain)!

Finally decided to make my way over to Bluesky! Give me a follow Isabella Backman.bsky.social

Vestibulodynia is a poorly understood condition that can have devastating impacts on those who live with it. Thank you to Rachel S. Rubin, MD & other experts who took the time to speak with me, as well as brave patient advocates with Tight Lipped momotaroapotheca.com/blogs/vaginal-…