Category Archives: In the News

Adjusting to Google Glass, Useful Slides Shared via Twitter, and more…

Posted on by

In this latest edition of blog buzz;

In Between Google Glass and a Hard Place, Librarian and long-time early adopter of new technologies, Jenny Levine discusses her experience of slowly adjusting to using Google Glass.

Bidding has begun between locations in contention to be the future site of Obama’s Presidential Library, where his papers and presidential archives will be housed for future scholars. This story from NPR’s weekend edition discusses potential contenders (including one right here in Manhattan) and the beginnings of the Presidential Libraries.

And now, two amazing resources from the twitterverse;

Korey Jackson (@koreybjackson) of Oregon State University shared this resource for “thinking about computational data review”, Victoria Stodden’s (@victoriastodden, Dept of Statistics at Columbia) slides from a recent conference at UC Davis on the future of scholarly and academic publishing (hashtag #publishperish14), entitled “Reproducibility in Science [;] why all the fuss?” [pdf].

For those of you who are interested in leveraging social media as oncologists and who like myself) missed Robert S. Miller’s (@rsm2800) grand rounds talk, the slides from, “Connectivity, Collaboration, and Disruption: Social Media and the Oncologist“. (hashtag #msk_hcsm14).

Dr. Charles L. Sawyers, Eminent MSK Researcher, Had a Decisive Role in the Development of Three Innovative Cancer Drugs and more…

Posted on by
  • An article on Charles L. Sawyers, chair of the Human Oncology and Pathogenesis Program at MSK, points out  Dr. Sawyers’ crucial contribution to the discovery of three cancer drugs.  The most recent one, Xtandi, is for the treatment of metastatic castration resistant prostate cancer.  With the development of these three drugs, Dr. Sawyers has helped to bring about a novel approach to cancer treatment.
  • In a study carried out by Jianda Yuan and colleagues of Memorial Sloan Kettering, serum levels of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) of patients with metastatic melanoma were analyzed before and after treatment with ipilimumab.  Patients with high levels of VEGF before treatment with ipilimumab have poorer survival than patients with lover VEGF levels.  Serum VEGF may be a predictive biomarker for ipilimumab treatment. Continue reading →

Confused About Nutrition Information?

Posted on by

It seems like every week the news touts the miracle effects of one vitamin or warns of the terrible consequences of another. Acai berries? Vitamin D? Fish oil? How can average consumers sort through this information?

A study recently published in the Journal of Health Communication: International Perspectives found that contradictory stories in the media cause readers to doubt or even ignore health advice altogether. (The study focused on people’s perspectives on vitamins, fish, coffee and red wine or other alcohol.) With new stories often contradicting the last, it’s understandable for people to get confused or overwhelmed.

Thankfully, here at MSK, we have nutritionists on staff to help us sort out fact from fiction! Patients can request personal assistance from a nutritionist (more info), and should always speak with their doctors about supplements they take. Did you know that Employee Health and Wellness also has nutritionists available to help employees get answers about their nutrition needs as well? Check out their pages on OneMSK for more details.

Remember, everyone’s needs are unique so speak with an expert about yours.