Early Exposure to Peanuts Can Help Reduce the Risk of Developing Allergies in Children
Over the past decades, doctors and researchers have learned a lot about food allergies, conducting many studies that have helped us get closer to understanding why such allergies might occur and, potentially, preventing them from developing. The current understanding is that exposing young children to peanut protein may reduce the likelihood that they develop peanut allergies as they grow up. Learn more about how peanut allergies might develop in people, and how introducing peanuts at a young age could help reduce this allergy risk.
Fostering Connections and Collaborations With AI Grand Rounds
To foster better awareness and collaboration of AI efforts, the Windreich Department of Artificial Intelligence and Human Health (AIHH) at Mount Sinai established its monthly Grand Rounds—sessions for faculty, trainees, and staff to share ideas, learn about...
How to Prepare for Pregnancy: Mount Sinai’s Preconception Guide
If you are thinking about getting pregnant, now is the perfect time to focus on your preconception health. Before you start planning baby names or decorating the nursery, the choices you make today—how you eat, move, and care for yourself—can help set the stage for a...
Six Nursing Studies and Their Global Reach
A clinical nurse at Mount Sinai Queens, Elvira Solis, MSN, RN, CCRN, is impacting care far beyond her hospital’s walls. What started as an idea to enhance pupillary assessment—checking the eyes— among critical care patients evolved into a quality improvement (QI)...
Celebrating Nurse Practitioners: A Critical Role in Health Care
Nurse Practitioners (NPs) play an increasingly important role in the fast-paced and high-reliability field of health care. Since the nation’s first NP program launched in 1965, there are now more than 431,000 licensed NPs throughout the United States, responsible for...
My Story: Why I Decided to Disclose My Multiple Sclerosis
“What are you doing here?” Andrea and I asked each other when we met in the waiting area at Mount Sinai’s Corinne Goldsmith Dickinson Center for Multiple Sclerosis. She was a volunteer at the American Jewish Committee (AJC), where I was director of media relations. My...
Midwives: Offering Personalized Care Throughout a Lifetime
It is a common misconception that midwives provide only natural childbirth or pregnancy services. In fact, all New York State licensed midwives, both Certified Midwives and Certified Nurse Midwives, offer a unique brand of care throughout a patient’s lifetime, from...
A Journey of Firsts at the White Coat Ceremony
For the class of 2029 of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, the White Coat Ceremony marks the start of their medical careers. It is also an opportunity for Mount Sinai staff and faculty to pass wisdom on what it means to be on that path.
Beyond the Scalpel, Learning About Humanities in Medicine
Medical humanities is the field that examines the intersection of art and humanities with medicine, and on September 18, 2025, the Academy for Medicine and the Humanities at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai hosted the inaugural Two-Minute Talks in Medical Humanities. Members of the Mount Sinai Health System presented various topics that they were passionate about, showcasing their interests outside just the medical field.