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Jeb Weisman, PhD, is Director of Global Health Informatics. He leads the Arnhold Institute for Global Health’s design and informatics initiatives, applying unique methods, tools, technologies, and>>>

We are currently in the midst of a global crisis in child and adolescent mental health. The COVID-19 pandemic put a spotlight on the significant barriers youth and their families experience to>>>

Binge eating disorder is the most common eating disorder in the United States, thought to affect as many as 3 percent of people during their lifetimes. Yet it remains poorly understood. Now>>>

Prostate cancer is the second most common cancer among men in the United States, after skin cancer, and the number of cases has been rising yearly. About one man in eight will be diagnosed with>>>

As part of a continued expansion of cardiology imaging, Mount Sinai West has opened  its first dedicated cardiovascular computerized tomography (CT) system, called Cardiographe. This new CT system>>>

Celiac disease, an autoimmune disorder affecting the small intestine, is normally a condition you inherit and runs in families. The condition affects approximately 1 percent of people in the United>>>

U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, MD, (R-LA), left, and Mount Sinai medical student Sunjay Letchuman With the annual Medicare open enrollment period approaching, Mount Sinai medical student Sunjay Letchuman>>>

The emotional toll of alopecia areata can be devastating. But there are treatments that can help you remain positive, manage your symptoms, and thrive. For Dan Kaplan, 43, who has been living with>>>

The Mount Sinai Health System has expanded its presence in Upper Manhattan with the opening of the new Mount Sinai-Harlem Health Center, a state-of-the-art outpatient medical facility that brings the>>>

Keisha Brathwaite, Supply Chain Buyer Keisha Brathwaite, a buyer in the Supply Chain Department for Mount Sinai Queens and the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, is considered an asset by her>>>

What made you decide to enter medicine? Growing up, I always thought I would become a scientist. Such was the ambitions of a lonely boy growing up in China, whose parents were thousands of kilometers>>>

Mehrab Islam, MD Alan Wong, DO, Chief Medical Officer and Senior Vice President for Medical Affairs at Mount Sinai South Nassau, recently recognized Mehrab Islam, MD, Hospitalist Services, for his>>>

Residents took a community health tour to meet local community leaders and visit the East Harlem Neighborhood Action Center, the East Harlem Asthma Center of Excellence, and the NYCHA Jefferson>>>

At the Third State Central Hospital in Ulaanbaatar are, left to right, Senzaaya, a scrub nurse, Saadi Ghatan, MD, Ariel Stock, MD,  a neurosurgical resident at Montefiore Hospital, and Sloane>>>

Steven Wallace, an Outreach and Education Coordinator for the World Trade Center (WTC) Health Program at Mount Sinai, was celebrated by the Department of Environmental Medicine and Public Health>>>

Slurred speech, an impaired gait, paralysis on one side of the face, arm, and/or leg—these are all signs of a stroke, especially if they appear suddenly. If you believe you or someone else is>>>

If you live in the New York City region, you probably heard news reports of a “flesh-eating bacteria” that has sickened several people. The disease is caused by an infection from a bacteria called>>>

As the back-to-school season approaches, it’s not uncommon for young children to experience butterflies in their stomachs. Back-to-school feelings of anxiety are a natural and often healthy response>>>

Shurnette Henry Shurnette Henry is a Senior Finance Manager at the Arnhold Institute for Global Health and the Department of Global Health and Health System Design at the Icahn School of Medicine at>>>

  Peer navigators play an integral role in connecting adolescents with clinical care at the AMPATH Rafiki clinic, but what happens to peers as they transition from adolescence to young adulthood and>>>