Tori Rodriguez, MA, LPC, AHC

Contributing Writer

Tori Rodriguez, MA, LPC, AHC, is an Atlanta-based journalist, licensed psychotherapist, and Ayurvedic health coach, creator of the body-positive wellness company Bettie Page Fitness, and author of 2 books – The Little Book of Bettie: Taking a Page from the Queen of Pinups and Bettie Page: The Lost Years. She holds a BS in psychology from Georgia State University and an MA in counseling psychology from the Georgia School of Professional Psychology. Tori has also managed a medical practice and was instrumental in developing Georgia’s multispecialty telemedicine program. Photograph courtesy of Brooklyn Brat Images.

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Lung Infection

Myocarditis in Athletes After COVID-19 Infection

Tori Rodriguez, MA, LPC, AHC

August 18, 2021

A significant number of cases of post-COVID-19 myocarditis have been reported.

Practice Management

Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Adolescent Mental Health

Tori Rodriguez, MA, LPC, AHC

May 21, 2021

Even before the COVID-19 pandemic began, concerning mental health trends and major treatment gaps were noted among adolescents. We spoke with Cécile Rousseau, MD, researcher, psychiatrist, and professor in the division of social and transcultural psychiatry at McGill University in Montreal, Canada about the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on adolescent mental health.

General Pulmonology

Addressing Pulmonary Care Among Transgender Patients: Improvement, Research Needed

Tori Rodriguez, MA, LPC, AHC

April 23, 2021

Higher rates of smoking, lower rates of lung cancer screening, and more diagnoses of asthma and COPD have been seen in transgender vs cisgender individuals.

ASCVD CHD Risk Familial Hypercholesterolemia

Lung Infection

Managing the Interplay of Familial Hypercholesterolemia and COVID-19

Tori Rodriguez, MA, LPC, AHC

April 16, 2021

About 90% of those with familial hypercholesterolemia have not been diagnosed or treated for it, leaving them more vulnerable for COVID-19 infection and its complications.

General Pulmonology

Pulse Oximetry: Examining Racial Bias in a Valuable But Flawed Tool

Tori Rodriguez, MA, LPC, AHC

April 2, 2021

Since pulse oximetry technology was developed in nondiverse populations, racial bias may influence the accuracy of pulse oximeter readings.

Influenza

Plant-Based Vaccine Manufacturing for Influenza, Implications for Future Vaccines

Tori Rodriguez, MA, LPC, AHC

March 30, 2021

An emerging body of research highlights plant-based vaccine manufacturing as a potential solution to risks posed by traditional egg-based manufacturing.

Lung Infection

Coping With the “Long-Haul” of COVID-19: More Research, Treatments Needed

Tori Rodriguez, MA, LPC, AHC

March 2, 2021

Patients with “long COVID” have described a wide array of ongoing, unpredictable impairments in physical, cognitive, emotional, and occupational functioning.

Lung Infection

Controversy: Protecting People Who Use Drugs During COVID-19

Tori Rodriguez, MA, LPC, AHC

January 28, 2021

Anna Lembke, MD, discusses how patients who use drugs are affected by the convergence of 2 public health emergencies – increasing overdose rates, and the COVID-19 pandemic – and addresses controversial solutions proposed by other investigators.

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