Developing treatments for PTSD; health, weather and climate; unnecessary help in surgery – Morning Medical Update

FDA public meeting on PTSD

This summer, advocates and regulators debated the efficacy of the drug MDMA to assist patients dealing with post-traumatic stress disorder, especially in veterans. It was national news when the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) rejected a request to use it in psychotherapy. FDA has announced a hybrid public meeting, “Advancing Treatments for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD),” to better understand the need for treatment and to facilitate treatment development.

Health and weather

Parts of the nation have been dealing with extreme heat this week. How does weather and climate change affect health care? This article from McKinsey outlines “three areas of opportunity and innovation” to deal with climate-related health challenges. This includes creating a climate-resilient health care infrastructure, supply chain and workforce.

Don’t take your daughter to work day

A neurosurgeon in Austria and other medical workers are under investigation because the surgeon allegedly allowed her 13-year-old daughter to drill into the skull of a 33-year-old patient undergoing emergency surgery due to a head injury from a forest accident. The Daily Mail has this report.