The results of B-Free are out! What's the bottom line? In ITT restricting intraoperative benzodiazepines did not (by a hair) reduce the incidence of postoperative delirium (aOR 0.92; 95% CI 0.84-1.01; P=0.07). HOWEVER...
Does anesthesia/surgery worsen cognition and/or Alzheimer’s pathology in older adults (compared to matched non surgical controls)? Our prospective matched cohort study suggests not- https://t.co/x9UhK2oXSE with many thx to collaborators @Duke_Anesthesia@DukeSurgery@JuddMoul
👏👏 Congratulations to our Dr. Douglas Colquhoun, who was recently named a 2024 @BJAjournals editorial fellow!
Learn more about his new role: https://t.co/vQj11g1pht
🎙️Podcast Alert: What is Consciousness?🎙️
Our chair, George Mashour MD/PhD, recently joined @neiltyson and @chucknicecomic on the @startalkradio podcast to answer their questions about consciousness and psychedelics.
https://t.co/baXQoCvtK6
George Mashour, founder of the Center for Consciousness Science and Michigan Psychedelic Center, talks consciousness and psychedelics with Neil deGrasse Tyson in the recent episode of Star Talk.
https://t.co/EPMK7CkfSQ
I know firsthand that the bonds of family are formed by love & not blood alone. I talked with @Kat_McGowan of the @BostonGlobe about the changing face of caregiving & the need to ensure policies like #PaidLeave cover chosen family. #CaregivingInTheUS https://t.co/mb0MW1ajOV
Thanks @aprilbaer@StatesideRadio for speaking with me about the #opioid overdose reversal drug naloxone - the FDA advisory committee and I voted unanimously to recommend making it available over the counter last month https://t.co/imqdw3mMwE
8 straight years! 🎉🎉 #UMichAnes again ranks 1st in NIH funding according to the Blue Ridge rankings of med school anesthesia departments. Congrats to our faculty & staff addressing critical questions in neuroscience, outcomes, and pain & opioid research. https://t.co/A0qxM4bDvE
It doesn't have to be this way - let our LOVE for our kids translate to public health policies that protect them. Please contact your Michigan legislators and demand common sense gun control laws. @MSUPubHealth 🤍💚
Thank you @POTUS for your renewed commitment to #PaidLeaveForAll & this week's actions to support & expand leave, safe leave & #PaidLeave. Paid leave is gender, racial, and economic justice for family caregivers. #FMLA30#CaregivingInTheUs https://t.co/YOF34hsw0i
Takes me back a more than decade when we showed that dexmedetomidine protected against isoflurane injury. Still no translation as the actual phenotype in humans (if there at all) is elusive.
The University of Michigan Medical School is withdrawing from participation in the annual U.S. News and World Report rankings of medical schools. Read more: https://t.co/WlIQCzd9Ad
It’s National #MentoringMonth! Dr. Daniel Clauw, director of the @umichmedicine Chronic Pain and Fatigue Research Center, believes mentorship is critical to the success of junior faculty and essential for successful team science endeavors.
#MentorshipMattersNIH