Stories about research and scientific development at Mount Sinai
A New Focus of Study for Liver Disease Specialists
As the obesity epidemic continues to grow nationwide, so too has the incidence of related diseases such as nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). Estimates suggest that nearly one-third of all Americans have some form of fat in their liver, and as many as one-third...
Studying Diet and Multiple Sclerosis Symptoms
Neurologists have long suspected a link between diet and symptoms of multiple sclerosis (MS), but today, Ilana B. Katz Sand, MD, Assistant Professor of Neurology at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, and Associate Medical Director of the Corinne...
Integrative Medicine Pioneer Deepak Chopra, MD, Meets With Mount Sinai Research Team
Can meditation and other forms of alternative medicine be used in conjunction with traditional treatments to improve overall physiological and psychological health and well-being? This was a topic for brainstorming between best-selling author Deepak Chopra, MD, and...
Machine Learning Techniques Generate Clinical Labels of Medical Scans
Researchers used machine learning techniques, including natural language processing algorithms, to identify clinical concepts in radiologist reports for CT scans, according to a study conducted at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and published in the...
Five Specialists in the Field of Psychotic Illnesses Join Mount Sinai’s Department of Psychiatry
The recent recruitment of five specialists to the Department of Psychiatry at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai has revitalized research, treatment, and prevention efforts in the field of psychotic illnesses and has led to the creation of the Critical...
Blocking a Hormone Builds Bone and Burns Fat At Menopause, a Promising Study Finds
A single hormone whose levels rise at menopause could be responsible for the weight gain and bone loss that many women experience in middle age, and blocking that hormone could help reverse those effects, according to a study in mice that was led by Mone Zaidi, MD,...
Mount Sinai Researcher Featured on CBS News 60 Minutes Broadcast
Samuel Gandy, MD, PhD, Professor, Neurology, Psychiatry, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, was featured in a 60 Minutes report on CTE, or chronic traumatic encephalopathy. The report explains how the brain disorder that has been diagnosed in many football...
Three Mount Sinai Luminaries Elected To The National Academy of Medicine
Three Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai faculty members recently received the professional honor of being elected to the prestigious National Academy of Medicine (NAM): Neil S. Calman, MD, Chair of the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health; Yasmin...
Rare Tumor May Provide Road Map to Diabetes Therapies
A rare benign tumor may hold the key to regenerating insulin-producing beta cells and lead to novel drugs for patients with diabetes, according to a study led by Andrew F. Stewart, MD, Director of the Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism Institute and the Irene and Dr....