Updated on Jun 30, 2022 | Health Tips, Your Health
What is rosacea?
Rosacea is a skin condition in which your face tends to appear red and inflamed with periods of worsening and improvement over months to years. Individuals with rosacea may flush easily or develop what looks like acne breakouts. It can occur in all ages or ethnicities but tends to be most common in white, middle-aged adults.
How common is rosacea?
Rosacea is extremely common with an estimated 14 million Americans suffering from the condition. Some notable sufferers include former President Bill Clinton, J.P. Morgan, W.C. Fields, Rembrandt and Rosie O’Donnell — not to mention Santa Claus and, most likely, Rudolph!
Updated on Jun 30, 2022 | Health Tips, Your Health
July is Cleft and Craniofacial Awareness Month. Here are the most common myths about this disease that I hear from my patients.
Myth:
Children with clefts and craniofacial anomalies do not require specialty care.
Reality:
Patients born with a birth defect involving the head and neck should be seen soon after birth – either in the hospital at the time of delivery or soon after discharge as an outpatient – by a team of expert clinicians from different specialties. In this type of setting, the clinical team can assess what problems exist and how best to improve them.
Updated on Jun 30, 2022 | Inside, Your Health
“I thought I would never live to see the end of that day,” said Mount Sinai Beth Israel patient Robert Cohen, recollecting his experience as a young U.S. infantryman landing on Utah Beach on June 6, 1944. Mr. Cohen spent the 70th anniversary of the D-Day landing with Alene, his wife of 66 years, his son Michael, two of his eight grandchildren, and Mount Sinai Beth Israel staff, discussing the events of that day, when he was one of 20,000 Allied troops landing at Utah Beach, the westernmost flank of the Normandy invasion.
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Updated on Jun 30, 2022 | Inside, Your Health
The federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has awarded $9.6 million to Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai to establish a Mobile Acute Care Team (MACT) program that provides patients with eligible medical conditions the same level of acute care they would receive in the hospital, but in their home environment.
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Updated on Jun 30, 2022 | Health Tips, Your Health
According to the Skin Cancer Foundation, one person dies from skin cancer every hour in the United States – a good reason why everyone should schedule regular skin examinations. But you may ask, how do dermatologists know when a skin growth or mole needs to be removed?
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Updated on Jun 30, 2022 | Your Health
Mount Sinai Physician Assistant, Jessica Oliveira and Dr. Taraneh Shirazian, Director of Mount Sinai Global Women’s Health, attended a graduation this past May in Santiago, Guatemala.
The graduation marked the end of a 16-week program for 22 comadronas (birth attendants) enrolled in the school of POWHER (Providing Outreach in Women’s Health Education and Resources). The school is funded by Saving Mothers, a 501c3 nonprofit dedicated to reducing maternal mortality and morbidity, for which Dr. Shirazian is the co-founder and Medical Director.
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