Stories about research and scientific development at Mount Sinai
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....
Leader in Polycystic Ovary Syndrome Research Is Chief of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Bone Disease
Andrea E. Dunaif, MD, a renowned physician-scientist in diabetes and women’s health, has joined the Mount Sinai Health System as Chief of the Hilda and J. Lester Gabrilove Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Bone Disease. In her role, Dr. Dunaif seeks to build on...
Researchers Find Higher Infant Morbidity and Mortality Rates Among New York City Hospitals
Elizabeth Howell, MD, Director of the Women’s Health Institute at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, discusses her recent research that shows even though neonatal care has improved substantially over the past decade, racial and ethnic disparities in...