RxUniverse Puts Proven Apps in Patients’ Hands
With thousands of mobile health apps available to consumers, there is no standardized way for providers to find clinically proven apps that can be easily delivered to patients. Through RxUniverse, a new platform developed by researchers at the Mount Sinai Health...
World Diabetes Day
The International Diabetes Federation has declared November 14th to be World Diabetes Day. Diabetes, a chronic disease, is present when the pancreas does not produce enough insulin, leading to elevated blood sugar levels. Without proper management, people with...
How to Approach a New School Year with Asthma
Guest Post by Samantha Rose, NP, a pediatric nurse practitioner on the pediatric pulmonology team at The Mount Sinai Hospital Starting a new school year can be stressful for all families: asthma or not. If you are the parent of a child with asthma, here are a few tips...
Biting
Here at the Mount Sinai Parenting Center we receive many questions about hard to manage child behavior. In this blog post, Bronwyn Charlton, PhD, Clinical Instructor in the Department of Pediatrics at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, details her response...
Imagine a Halloween without Candy
Guest post by Jennifer Markowitz, MS, RD, Clinical Dietitian in the Nutrition Department at The Mount Sinai Hospital. When I was in graduate school, I taught a nutrition science curriculum to local fifth graders that focused on how they could make choices to feel...
Nutrition and Breast Cancer
Kelly Hogan, MS, RD, CDN, is a registered dietitian who focuses on breast cancer nutrition for the Dubin Breast Center of The Tisch Cancer Institute. Ms. Hogan creates patient education and wellness programs and provides individual counseling in the areas of wellness,...
Thyroid Cancer Pathology Reports
Guest post by Mark Urken, MD, Chief of Mount Sinai Beth Israel’s Division of Head and Neck Oncology. To make an appointment with Dr. Urken, call 212-844-8775. Thyroid cancer is the most common endocrine cancer and it is one of the few cancers that has increased in...
Thyroid Cancer: It’s Not Simply a Pain in the Neck
Guest blog written by Deena Adimoolam, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Bone Disease The thyroid is a butterfly-shaped gland with two sides that sits in front of your windpipe and when it is functioning normally...
When Should You Get That Mole Checked Out?
Guest blog written by John Zade, current research fellow under Hooman Khorasani, MD, the Chief of the Division of Dermatologic & Cosmetic Surgery at The Mount Sinai Hospital and Assistant Clinical Professor of Dermatology at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount...