Every 2nd and 4th Monday 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

Origin of a new human pandemic can be clarified by this computer modeling project and DNA mutation analysis
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/09/science/covid-coronavirus-evolution.html

Calcium deposits in blood vessels on mammogram can predict heart disease
https://pennstatehealthnews.org/2025/12/calcium-in-breast-arteries-predicts-future-cardiovascular-disease/

Guidelines for heart disease prevention now contains an important one time blood test
https://www.npr.org/2026/03/13/nx-s1-5747111/cholesterol-guidelines-lipoproteina-test

HIV therapy continues to improve
https://www.npr.org/2026/03/03/nx-s1-5727702/hiv-aids-pill

Another use of GLP-1 drugs: addiction
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/mar/04/weight-loss-addiction-drugs-alcohol-study
But with a newly reported toxicity: Acute blindness with Wegovy, but much less so with Ozempic
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/mar/10/wegovy-sudden-sight-loss-ozempic-study-semaglutide

Liver organ donation is not limited by old age
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/13/oldest-known-organ-donor-age-100

Study identifies the forest that provided the wood for Stradavarius violins
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/04/science/stradaviri-violin-forest-tree-rings.html
Could wood DNA supplement or replace tree rings in studies of wood origin?
https://www.adventurescientists.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/USFS-Timber-Tracking-publication-Aug2022.pdf

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