Jennifer Southall

Atlanta, Miami

Senior Staff Writer at HemOnc Today

Freelance Medical Writer and Editor at Freelance

Medical editor and reporter | All tweets my own @GoHealio @WomeninOnc @HemOncToday

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‘Dilution is the solution to pollution’ of online misinformation about cancer

2 days ago | healio.com | Jennifer Southall

Key takeaways: Misinformation was more persuasive when shared by clinicians, despite many not licensed in urology or oncology. Physicians should provide trusted sources of information to reduce misinformation exposure. There is a continued need for physicians to provide patients with an “information prescription” to counteract exposure to online misinformation, according to Stacy Loeb, MD, MSc, PhD (Hon), and colleagues.
Cancer-related fatigue, depression more common among women vs. men cancer survivors

1 week ago | healio.com | Jennifer Southall

Key takeaways: Cancer survivors with cancer-related fatigue and depression were twice as likely to reduce participation in recreational activities. Women cancer survivors were 1.5-times more likely to experience cancer-related fatigue than men survivors. Cancer-related fatigue and depression led to a nearly twofold reduction in recreational activities among a national cohort of cancer survivors, according to study results.
Immunotherapy alone could replace surgery in cancer subset

2 weeks ago | healio.com | Jennifer Southall

Key takeaways: Most patients achieved complete response with dostarlimab alone. Further research is needed given the variability of responses. Neoadjuvant immunotherapy alone resulted in significant treatment response among most patients with mismatch-repair-deficient early-stage solid tumors, according to study results.
Novel AI algorithm detects liver disease via cardiovascular screenings

4 weeks ago | healio.com | Jennifer Southall |Heather Biele

Key takeaways: Researchers envision training the algorithm to help cardiologists identify liver disease from subcostal views. A few next steps are needed before researchers can test the algorithm out in the clinic. An AI-based algorithm may help detect chronic liver disease using images from standard echocardiography, according to study results published in NEJM AI.
Women voluntarily do bulk of scientific communications work due to societal expectations

1 month ago | healio.com | Jennifer Southall |Heather Biele

Key takeaways: More than 25% of respondents in academic roles reported that their work was not academically acknowledged. Recommendations to address these concerns include name recognition and financial compensation. Women in science communication roles within scientific societies reported feeling personal responsibility for the work, despite being underpaid and undervalued, according to study results published in Science Communication.
Multiparametric MRI tops biopsy for suspected MASLD; fewer consults, improved diagnosis

1 month ago | healio.com | Jennifer Southall

Key takeaways: Use of multiparametric MRI led to significantly higher diagnosis rates in all hospitals studied. Patients assigned standard of care alone had significantly more specialist appointments and patient assessments. The addition of multiparametric MRI to standard of care was cost-effective and enhanced diagnosis rates among patients with suspected metabolic dysfunction-associated liver disease, according to study results in Communications Medicine.
Blocking internet on mobile devices improves well-being, mental health

1 month ago | healio.com | Jennifer Southall

Key takeaways: Most study participants improved on at least one of the three outcomes examined. When participants did not have access to mobile internet, they spent more time socializing in person, according to researchers. Blocking mobile internet on mobile devices for 2 weeks improved subjective well-being, as well as mental health and the ability to sustain attention, according to study results.
Carla M. Davis, MD, reflects on mentor, ‘a giant in immunology’

1 month ago | healio.com | Jennifer Southall

Carla M. Davis, MD, credits a brilliant scientist, caring and skilled educator, and compassionate physician for the reason why she entered into the field of allergy and immunology. As a medical student, Davis, pediatrician, allergist and immunologist at Howard University Hospital and incoming president-elect of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology, said she met “a giant in immunology” when meeting M.
Addressing gender inequities in academic medicine remains ‘elusive challenge’

1 month ago | healio.com | Jennifer Southall

Key takeaways:Inequities in leadership attainment by women persisted in all roles studied. Tangible steps to enhance academic portfolios of women include grant funding and professional development opportunities, according to a researcher. Pervasive gender inequity in institutional leadership persisted across U.S. academic medical centers between 2019 and 2022, according to results of a systematic scoping review.
‘We have work to do’: No weight loss benefit with semaglutide before bariatric surgery

1 month ago | healio.com | Jennifer Southall

Key takeaways: Patients who received preoperative semaglutide had lower postoperative total weight loss at 12 months compared with controls. Median HbA1c levels and diabetes remission at 1 year were similar between groups. Neoadjuvant semaglutide showed no benefit in weight loss, diabetes remission or safety in a cohort of patients who underwent metabolic and bariatric surgery, according to study results published in JAMA Surgery.