Cecilia Sorensen, an associate professor of emergency medicine at Columbia University, talks about how kids, parents, and everyone else can protect themselves during the heat wave.
Joshua Willey, a stroke specialist at the Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, said the risk-benefit calculation would differ for each patient.
Dr. Carolyn Westhoff, who specializes in obstetrics and gynecology at Columbia University, said that when they’re used as directed, progestin-only pills are just as effective as combination pills.
But extreme heat, especially in locales not accustomed to them, has the potential to become a “mass casualty event,” said Christopher Tedeschi, director of emergency preparedness at NYP-CUIMC.
“Donanemab was very effective at eliminating its target, cerebral amyloid, but the clinical effect was comparatively weak,” Jennifer Manly, of Columbia University, wrote in one editorial.
“We are so ingrained in thinking that menopause is inevitable. That it’s just sort of something that has to happen,” says Dr. Zev Williams of Columbia University.
Eating a heavy meal when it’s really hot out can also make you feel more sluggish and tired because your body is trying to do too much at once, said Cecilia Sorensen of Columbia University.
Dr. Edith Bracho-Sanchez wrote in an email that regularly consuming as much caffeine as is found in Prime Energy can disrupt the sleep cycle, which is essential to a child’s developing brain.
Lecanemab, marketed as Leqembi, is the first drug for Alzheimer’s disease to receive approval on the basis of clinically slowing the progression of Alzheimer’s disease.
