Nikki Kean

Director, The Clinical Advisor

Nikki is the Director of Clinical Advisor and has extensive experience as an editor and medical journalist. Nikki has a BS from Tulane University.

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General Medicine

How Will Abortion Bans Affect Women’s Health?

Kristin Della Volpe

Nikki Kean

May 31, 2022

Medical experts discuss the clinical implications of the potential overturn of Roe v Wade for women’s health.

Practice Management

Antibiotic Overprescription High Among Minority Groups and Older Patients

Nikki Kean

May 17, 2022

Approximately 64% of antibiotics prescribed for Black patients and 58% for Hispanic/LatinX patients were deemed inappropriate by the study authors.

General Medicine

Gut Microbiome May Hold the Key to Understanding “Long-Haul COVID”

Nikki Kean

February 14, 2022

Although most people with COVID-19 recover within weeks of infection, some experience long-haul conditions 4 or more weeks after infection. Does the gut hold the key to susceptibility?

General Medicine

Early Trauma Increases Risk for Substance Abuse Later

Nikki Kean

December 27, 2021

“We’ve learned in the past 20 years or so how harmful trauma exposure is across physical, mental, and behavioral health.”—Elinam D. Dellor, PhD, MSW

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Nikki Kean

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How Will Abortion Bans Affect Women’s Health?

Antibiotic Overprescription High Among Minority Groups and Older Patients

Gut Microbiome May Hold the Key to Understanding “Long-Haul COVID”

Early Trauma Increases Risk for Substance Abuse Later

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