‘Nursing Isn’t for You’: What We Heard This Week

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Quotable quotes heard by MedPage Today‘s reporters

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MedPage Today Staff

September 29, 2src24

“Nursing isn’t for you.” — Yvette Conyers, DNP, RN, of the University of Maryland School of Nursing in Baltimore, recounting what her high school counselor once told her.

“It is going to open the umbrella up to who can be diagnosed with MS in a very substantial way.” — Daniel Ontaneda, MD, PhD, of the Cleveland Clinic in Ohio, discussing revisions to the McDonald diagnostic criteria for multiple sclerosis.

“Chronic diseases require chronic treatment.” — Nate Wood, MD, MHS, of Yale School of Medicine in New Haven, Connecticut, on patients regaining weight after stopping GLP-1 drugs.

“It will not replace the work with the donors.” — Joy Balta, MSc, PhD, of the American Association for Anatomy, explaining why cadaver training is important for medical students even with new technologies.

“The increased odds of dementia among transgender and gender-diverse groups are particularly alarming.” — Jason Flatt, PhD, MPH, of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, discussing adverse brain health outcomes in the LGBTQ+ community.

“How can ob/gyn patients … trust someone who allegedly treated women so cruelly?” — Nir Eyal, DPhil, of Rutgers University in New Jersey, discussing an ob/gyn still practicing despite having reportedly catfished several women.

“Not obtaining serology and immune testing at this point would be public health malpractice.” — James Lawler, MD, MPH, of the University of Nebraska Medical in Omaha, on the need for surveillance as the H5N1 outbreak persists.

“Anyone can have rhabdo if you’re not being very sensible with how you exercise.” — Christopher Tanayan, MD, of Northwell Health in New York, after nine Tufts lacrosse players were hospitalized with rhabdomyolysis.