There is growing evidence that exposure to a group of chemicals known as type-2 alkenes -- which are found in the smoke inhaled from cigarettes, the exhaust of automobiles and even in French fries – can increase the chances of developing Alzheimer’s disease and other neurological conditions such as Parkinson’s disease. Can Curry, Wine and Apple Skins Offer an Antidote?
Special eye-gaze technology now being used in the Department of Neurology at The Children’s Hospital at Montefiore (CHAM) is revealing the hidden, inner world of children who have Rett Syndrome, a rare and severe autism spectrum disorder that primarily affects little girls.
The New York State Society of Sleep Medicine (NYSSSM) will hold its first annual meeting and sleep conference, featuring speakers who are nationally recognized experts in clinical sleep medicine, on October 1-2, 2010 in Albany, NY. Physicians, psychologists, dentists and technologists will attend. Medical reporters welcome.
This accredited Abdominal Organ Transplant Symposium will cover an array of cutting-edge research, clinical and practice management topics for physicians and journalists interested in advances in kidney, liver and pancreas transplantation.
Cancer patients who want to start a family in the future now have a new option. Montefiore Medical Center's Institute for Reproductive Medicine & Health is the only site in the New York metropolitan area to offer Ovarian Tissue Cryopreservation, which removes one ovary and freezes the ovarian tissue before the woman begins undergoing chemotherapy.
Clinical research studies at Montefiore Medical Center used to take months, required a committee of physicians and data experts and involved an elaborate research review process. Now, many of these studies are performed by a single clinician in a matter of minutes using "deidentified" patient electronic medical records and a breakthrough software called Clinical Looking Glass (CLG).
With diabetes a national epidemic and the prevalence of the disease as high as 18 percent in the South Bronx, a unique physician "pay-for-performance" program at Montefiore Medical Center has reduced blood sugar and cholesterol levels significantly among many of this borough's diabetes population.
Outcome-based medicine, with comparison scores and monetary incentives, works for 14,000 diabetes patients at Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx, NY. One standard measure of blood sugar, HbA1C, is kept below a recognized level of 9 in 85% of patients in the special program, vs 67-75% of patients in other Bronx-area programs. The borough has one of the highest diabetes rates in the nation.
Skin cancer can spread to the eye, according to a May-June, 2008 study in the Survey of Ophthalmology.
The National Institutes of Health has awarded Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University and Montefiore Medical Center one of its coveted Clinical and Translational Science Awards totaling $22 million over five years.
Einstein-Montefiore Center for AIDS Research receives $8.5 million award from National Institutes of Health as a specially designated "CFAR" site.
Scientists at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have shown for the first time that transplanted cells can cure hemophilia A (the most common form of the disease) in an animal model.
Many of the foods we eat every day, including eggs and bacon, used to be full of Omega-3s and other essential nutrients -- when the animals they came from were eating grass, insects, and other green foods. Now our livestock eat mostly seeds and grains.
New advancements in a radiation oncology treatment called IMRT (intensity modulated radiation therapy) are far superior to standard radiation procedures in safeguarding the healthy tissues near cancerous tumors, thus improving patient care. ASTRO Meeting 10/28/07 : researchers at Montefiore Medical Center.
"Patient Safety Through Technology and Improved Communication" is the theme of the 26th Annual Fall Symposium for women's health care providers sponsored by the Montefiore Medical Center Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Women's Health. The conference, called Autumn in New York 2007, will be held November 9-11 at The New York Helmsley Hotel in New York City.
Thousands of heart patients in the Greater New York region will receive top quality, comprehensive cardiac care in an innovative cardiovascular program in which physicians at a major academic medical center will receive incentive payments based on 60 performance measures for outpatient and inpatient care. Montefiore Medical Center will measure everything from aspirin and beta blocker use to patient satisfaction.
Patients with radiation retinopathy who were destined to go blind within five years now can keep their sight longer through localized treatment with Avastin, a well-known cancer drug, according to a two-year study published in the June, 2007 Archives of Ophthalmology.
The sun provides enjoyment, but over-exposure can damage your eyes. The harm comes from ultraviolet (UV) light which can trigger cataracts, macular degeneration, corneal burns, benign growths, solar retinopathy and eye cancer. Sun glasses with UV protection are "sunblock for your eyes" for these problems.
May is Neurofibromatosis month. New national clinical research trials and the rollout of the first ever NFspecialty clinics across the US brings hope, but the federal government has drastically slashed research funding, according to the Children's Tumor Foundation.
To help improve the quality and efficiency of care for the 1.4 million people in the Bronx, healthcare providers throughout the borough have agreed to work together to create a system for electronic patient records and clinical information that will have built-in safeguards to protect individual patient information. It is called the Bronx RHIO, or Regional Health Information Organization.
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