It’s difficult to pin down how prevalent ovulation pain is because, in most cases, it’s so mild women don’t report it, said Jenna Turocy, associate professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Columbia.
Editor's Note: W. Ian Lipkin, the author of this opinion essay, is director of the Center of Infection and Immunity at the Mailman School of Public Health.
Dr. Sander Markx, an assistant professor of psychiatry at Columbia University, said the center will allow Columbia to scale up its efforts to characterize disease mechanisms that trigger illness.
Beyond that, doctors often suggest avoiding certain foods and drinks that seemingly trigger a hot flash, said Dr. Hoosna Haque, an OB-GYN at Columbia University Irving Medical Center.
“During Covid, a lot of published data showed increases in eating disorders both inpatient and some outpatient as well,” Joanna Steinglass of the Eating Disorders Research Clinic at Columbia told me.
“Our evidence of a negative result is really reassuring,” said lead author Dr. Dani Dumitriu, a newborn hospitalist and neuroscientist at Columbia University.
Editor's Note: Melanie Bernitz, a co-author of this opinion piece, is an associate professor of medicine at the Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons.
Many viral infections like the common cold cause symptoms that are slightly different from those caused by seasonal allergies, said Joyce Yu, a pediatric allergy immunologist at Columbia University.
Editor's Note: Jamie Daw, who contributed to this study, is an assistant professor of health policy and management at the Mailman School of Public Health.
