In a ribbon-cutting ceremony attended by hospital leadership, staff, local elected officials, community members, and patients, Mount Sinai Queens officially opened its newly renovated Infusion Center on Friday, February 27, a long-anticipated event that brings cancer expertise and the latest medical treatment directly to the borough. (more…)
The Mount Sinai Hospital’s Endoscopy Center hosted a number of events on Wednesday, March 4, to commemorate Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month. Among the activities was the “Rollin’ Colon,” a walk-through, inflatable, educational model of a colon that magnifies the appearance of a human colon—revealing polyps and other symptoms—sponsored by the Colon Cancer Challenge Foundation.
Patients waiting for a kidney transplant at the Mount Sinai Health System have a supportive new program to help them: the Kidney Coach program at the Recanati/Miller Transplantation Institute’s (RMTI) Zweig Family Center for Living Donation. The program recruits friends and family members to become coaches who spread the word about their loved one’s dire need for a living donor to improve the chances of finding one. (more…)
Colorectal cancer is the second leading cause of death from cancer in the United States. Being that March is colorectal cancer awareness month, how can we lower our chance of colon and rectal cancer?
Only 25% of colon cancer patients have a family history. For individuals who do not have a family history of colon cancer, the onset can be attributed by lifestyle (poor diet and lack of exercise), environmental exposure, or stress. Stress causes inflammation, which ultimately suppresses the immune system and links to cancer. (more…)
Folate is a B vitamin required by the body for multiple normal functions. Along with other B vitamins such as B6 and B12, folate is important in sustaining our DNA. Eating a healthy diet that includes the right amount of folate may be an important factor in lowering risk of breast cancer, particularly in young women. (more…)
As a young resident making pediatric hospital rounds in Houston more than thirty years ago, Michael F. Tosi, MD, Professor of Pediatrics at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, remembers the almost daily presence of sick children under age 5 battling Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib), a leading cause of bacterial meningitis. (more…)