Sep 3, 2013 | Research, School, Your Health
Today’s standard therapies for cancer exist because people have participated in clinical trials – yet choosing to participate in a cancer clinical trial is an important personal decision that can be intimidating for many patients. In order to better help patients understand cancer clinical trials, the reasons to participate in them, and clinical research at Mount Sinai, The Tisch Cancer Institute has released a new video, “Clinical Trials at Mount Sinai: Moving the Field Forward.”
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Updated on Jun 30, 2022 | Your Health
As an orthopaedic surgeon for the Mount Sinai Medical Center, and appointed as the Chief Medical Officer for the USTA and the Medical Advisor to the U.S. Fed Cup team, I am honored to be a part of this venture as Mount Sinai is named the first-ever official medical service provider and hospital of the USTA and the US Open.
My colleague and orthopaedic surgeon, Dr. James Gladstone, will also serve as part of the medical team for the U.S. Open and the medical advisor to the U.S. Davis Cup team.
This five year partnership allows for continuity of care of the players during the U.S. Open. The current player medical services team already has had in place several Mount Sinai faculty, including Dr. Michael Yorio, the medical director.
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Updated on Jun 30, 2022 | Health Tips, Your Health
Good posture is a goal for everything from sitting at your desk to walking down the street. What is good posture? Posture, for this case describes the position of the spine, but it also has other body parts acting on it.
Background:
The spine is divided into three groups of bones called vertebrae. The bottom vertebrae form your lower back and top vertebrae form your neck. Both of these have a natural curve, which is in the same direction: the inside of this curve faces backwards. The upper back’s vertebrae form a curve with the inside facing forward. The vertebrae of the upper back attach to your ribs in back. Your ribs connect to your breast bone in front. On each side of the vertebrae of your upper back, muscles and ligaments hold your shoulder blades onto the back of your ribs. Your arms are attached to your shoulder blades. All of these bones and curves comprise posture.
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Updated on Jun 30, 2022 | Inside, Your Health
Margaret Curtiss, RN, left, presents a cake to Hubert and Magdalena Balcewicz, and their newborn boy, Hugo.
A maternity stay at The Mount Sinai Medical Center became a little sweeter in June when staff from the Department of Nursing, Women & Children’s Services began giving new parents pink or blue birthday cakes to celebrate the arrival of their newborns.
On an average day, the nursing staff—in collaboration with Mount Sinai’s Food and Nutrition Services—gives out 21 cakes to parents and babies in the Jo Carole and Ronald S. Lauder Center for Maternity Care, accompanied by cards that offer congratulations. All cakes are certified OU Kosher.
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Updated on Jun 30, 2022 | Health Tips, Your Health
The low FODMAP diet may sound like yet another gimmicky weight loss plan to many of you, but it’s actually a science-backed regimen aimed at alleviating symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). Developed by Australian researchers, the efficacy of the low FODMAP diet for IBS is supported by encouraging studies in numerous medical journals, and has increasingly become the go-to dietary intervention for this highly prevalent condition.
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Updated on Jun 30, 2022 | Research, Your Health
Drug-induced liver injury (DILI) is the single most common reason for regulatory actions concerning drugs, including failure to gain approval for marketing, removal from the market place and restriction of prescribing indications.
DILI is also a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in many patient populations. Due to its idiosyncratic nature, variable presentation and the vast number of potential causative drugs as well as herbal and dietary supplements, DILI is often diagnosed late in its course when patients have severe liver disease. DILI, including acute liver failure requiring liver transplantation, can happen anytime to anyone taking medications, even over the counter medications. Unfortunately, there are no tests to predict who is at risk nor to diagnose this problem. (more…)
