Stories about research and scientific development at Mount Sinai
The Jacobi Medallion: Honoring Excellence
The Jacobi Medallion—one of the Mount Sinai Health System’s highest honors for distinguished achievement in medicine or extraordinary service to the school, alumni, or The Mount Sinai Hospital—was bestowed upon nine individuals this year, at a special event at The...
A Large-Scale Study Finds Genes Linked to Obesity
Diet and physical activity are not the only factors that determine how easily a person gains or loses weight. A recent study led by researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and other institutions of the Genetic Investigation of ANthropometric Traits...
Remote Monitoring Improves Readmission Rates for Heart Failure Patients
Mount Sinai Heart is reducing readmissions and improving quality of life for congestive heart failure (CHF) patients with remote monitoring using new devices and apps, as well as old-fashioned compassionate care. “We are creating a multimodal way of keeping an eye on...
Mount Sinai Featured in Special Report in The Wall Street Journal on the Future of Hospitals
Mount Sinai Health System was featured in a recent special report in The Wall Street Journal titled "What The Hospitals Of The Future Look Like," which spotlighted Mount Sinai's Hospital at Home program. “For some admissions, we can avoid the emergency department, but...
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...