A Routine Pre-Op Exam Uncovered a Silent Threat and Got One Beloved Professor Back to the Classroom
For more than 45 years, Karl Hoffman has dedicated his life to education. A lifelong New Yorker who was raised in the Bronx and now calls Queens home, he has spent decades shaping young minds—from serving as a science department chair at a local high school to his...
What It’s Like to Participate in a Clinical Trial: One Cancer Patient Tells Her Story of Hope
It’s that time again. In less than two hours, Ellen Nissenbaum must leave her office in Washington, D.C., where she works for a nonpartisan research and policy institute. She needs to catch the train to New York. There’s the usual rush to finish everything she needs...
Largest Neuroimaging Study of Bulimia Nervosa Finds Structural Brain Differences Linked to Diagnosis and Binge-Eating Severity
Researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai found that people with bulimia nervosa have structural differences in brain regions involved in reward and motivation, as well as social and sensory processing, and that more frequent binge eating is...
The Pros and Cons of Daylight Saving Time for Your Health
Every March, on the second Sunday, we turn the clocks ahead one hour to begin daylight saving time, which gives us one more hour of light during the evening when the weather is warmest. And every November, on the first Sunday, we turn the clocks back to resume...
25 Years After 9/11, Mount Sinai Continues Its Commitment to Caring for First Responders and Safeguarding Public Health
Like countless New Yorkers, Michael Crane, MD, MPH, has his own personal story about the morning of Tuesday, September 11, 2001. A doctor and public health expert then working for Con Edison, he made his way to Ground Zero on that day. Over the next several weeks, he...
Worried About CTE? What to Know About Risk, Symptoms, and Diagnosis
You may have heard about chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), a brain disease linked to repeated hits to the head. CTE has been found in some former NFL players and others who had repeated head impacts. If you or a family member played contact sports, you may...
What to Know About mFlusiva, the New mRNA Flu Vaccine
For the first time, adults age 50 and older in the United States can get an mRNA flu vaccine. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved mFlusiva®, the first mRNA flu vaccine, in August 2026. Moderna makes mFlusiva. It uses the same basic vaccine technology...
U.S. Premiere for Opera on a Gender-Affirmation Pioneer Is Authored by Mount Sinai Neuroradiologist
“It’s a love story,” says Aryeh Lev Stollman, MD, a neuroradiologist at Mount Sinai and the librettist for the opera, Lili Elbe, which tells the story of one of the earliest recipients of gender-affirming surgery in 1930. The groundbreaking opera had its U.S. premiere...
How Much Do You Know About Prostate Cancer? Take the Quiz
Prostate cancer is one of the most common cancers among men, affecting about one in eight men in their lifetime. Knowing the facts about prostate cancer can help reduce your risk. Take the quiz below, then click “Done” to see your score and correct answers. This quiz...