Guest post by Jennifer Markowitz, MS, RD, Clinical Dietitian in the Nutrition Department at The Mount Sinai Hospital.
When I was in graduate school, I taught a nutrition science curriculum to local fifth graders that focused on how they could make choices to feel their best. As the children learned about the interplay between food and their bodies, they set goals to develop healthier habits. (more…)
Kelly Hogan, MS, RD, CDN, is a registered dietitian who focuses on breast cancer nutrition for the Dubin Breast Center of The Tisch Cancer Institute. Ms. Hogan creates patient education and wellness programs and provides individual counseling in the areas of wellness, weight management, and symptom/side effect management.
According to the American Institute for Cancer Research, about one-third of all breast cancer cases are preventable with lifestyle changes. A report by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that breast cancer survivors outnumber all other cancer survivors in the United States. With early detection and treatment advances, this number continues to grow. This makes prevention of recurrence a top priority for millions of survivors. Although we cannot control every reason for a breast cancer diagnosis or recurrence, much of my work at the Dubin Breast Center focuses on what we can control through diet and lifestyle. (more…)
Guest post by Mark Urken, MD, Chief of Mount Sinai Beth Israel’s Division of Head and Neck Oncology. To make an appointment with Dr. Urken, call 212-844-8775.
Thyroid cancer is the most common endocrine cancer and it is one of the few cancers that has increased in incidence over recent years. Thyroid cancer occurs across all age groups, but is more common among people ages 20 to 55 and occurs more frequently in women. Before treatment begins, it is important to make sure your disease has been diagnosed accurately to ensure that the treatment options offered are right for the specific disease. (more…)
Guest blog written by Deena Adimoolam, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Bone Disease
The thyroid is a butterfly-shaped gland with two sides that sits in front of your windpipe and when it is functioning normally you don’t even know it exists. The main hormone it secretes is thyroxine, which helps to regulate metabolism, growth and development, as well as body temperature. The thyroid gland should not be mistaken for the parathyroid glands, which are completely different entities with separate functions. (more…)
Guest blog written by John Zade, current research fellow under Hooman Khorasani, MD, the Chief of the Division of Dermatologic & Cosmetic Surgery at The Mount Sinai Hospital and Assistant Clinical Professor of Dermatology at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.
Moles on our skin, medically termed as nevi, are extremely common and almost all of us have a few on our body. Although most dark spots on your skin are completely harmless, it is important to be aware that some may become cancerous. These cancerous moles are known as melanoma; luckily there are a few distinguishing features of these spots that help us find them and treat them. In this blog I’m going to go into how you can spot melanoma on yourself and your loved ones and how often you should be getting your skin checked. (more…)
Blog post written by Sonali Bose, MD MPH, Assistant Professor, Medicine, Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine Division, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.
The show is not over yet. If you are like me and spent all summer long mesmerized by the limitless abilities of the summer Olympic athletes, prepare to keep your jaws open, as age-defying tennis stars are about to play their best games at the U.S. Open this fall. While these super-humans are constantly trying to outdo their opponents by a blink of a point, for many of these athletes–for example, four-time French Open champion Justine Henin–their toughest competition is not the player across the net: it is asthma. Other Olympic gold medalists, such as track-and-field star Jackie Joyner-Kersee and swimmer Amy Van Dyken, battled significant asthma symptoms throughout their professional careers. In fact, asthma affects 1 in 12 Olympians, making it the most common chronic illness among these competitive athletes. But having asthma doesn’t stop them from achieving their goals, and it shouldn’t stop you.
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