Free and open to the public!

Every 2nd and 4th Monday at 5:00pm retired oncologist and Society Member Dr. Carol Portlock reviews new and intriguing science in multiple fields, including those relevant to COVID and beyond.

Free and open to the public!

NEW: These sessions are recorded, with the video available for 30 days following each session. For access, please contact Communications Manager Ed Beck at ebeck@nysec.org.

Suggested readings

Take care of your hearing when using earphones and earbuds
https://www.npr.org/2024/05/20/1247296773/what-your-earbuds-are-doing-to-your-hearing

Taste is a generalized process in the body and not limited to regions on the tongue
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/29/science/taste-buds-tongue-map.html

‘Enormous potential’: Weight loss drugs cut cancer risk by a fifth, research shows
https://www.theguardian.com/society/article/2024/jun/04/weight-loss-drugs-cut-cancer-risk-fifth-research-wegovy

Spit test for prostate cancer monitoring
https://www.theguardian.com/society/article/2024/jun/01/scientists-develop-cheap-and-quick-spit-test-for-prostate-cancer

Immune therapy in colon cancer
https://www.theguardian.com/society/article/2024/jun/02/drug-pembrolizumab-melts-away-tumours-could-replace-surgery-for-bowel-cancer-say-doctors

Who are transportation polluters?
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/article/2024/may/29/wealthy-white-men-uk-biggest-transport-polluters

Denver stops building highways
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/31/headway/highways-colorado-transportation.html

Music from a remarkable source using “sonification”
https://www.npr.org/2024/06/03/nx-s1-4984675/joshua-tree-music-science-california

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