The Mount Sinai Hospital

Ketamine shows significant therapeutic benefit in people with treatment-resistant depression

Patients with treatment-resistant major depression saw dramatic improvement in their illness after treatment with ketamine, an anesthetic, according to the largest ketamine clinical trial to-date led by researchers from the ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created May 19, 2013 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (7) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Key mechanism for a common form of Alzheimer's disease discovered

Scientists from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, in collaboration with researchers from Icelandic Heart Association, Sage Bionetworks, and other institutions, have discovered that a network of genes involved in ...

Alzheimer's disease & dementia created Apr 25, 2013 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Children living near toxic waste sites experience higher blood lead levels resulting in lower IQ

Children living near toxic waste sites in lower and middle income countries such as India, Philippines and Indonesia may experience higher blood lead levels, resulting in a loss of IQ points and a higher incidence of mental ...

Health created May 06, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Toxic waste sites cause healthy years of life lost

Toxic waste sites with elevated levels of lead and chromium cause a high number of "healthy years of life lost" in individuals living near 373 sites located in India, Philippines and Indonesia, according to a study by a Mount ...

Health created May 04, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study identifies new gene variations associated with heart rate

Through a collaborative genome-wide study on individuals, researchers have discovered 14 new genetic variations that are associated with heart rate. Since heart rate is a marker of cardiovascular health, these findings could ...

Genetics created Apr 14, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Specific toxic byproduct of heat-processed food may lead to increased body weight and diabetes

Researchers at Mount Sinai School of Medicine have identified a common compound in the modern diet that could play a major role in the development of abdominal obesity, insulin resistance, and type 2 diabetes. The findings ...

Medical research created Aug 20, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (8) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Researchers discover how the flu virus tells time

Scientists have discovered that that the flu virus can essentially tell time, thereby giving scientists the ability to reset the virus' clock and combat it in more effective ways. According to researchers at the Icahn School ...

Medical research created Jan 17, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Rejected Alzheimer's drug shows new potential

An international team of scientists led by researchers at Mount Sinai School Medicine have discovered that a drug that had previously yielded conflicting results in clinical trials for Alzheimer's disease effectively stopped ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Jul 31, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Researchers identify new drug target for schizophrenia

(Medical Xpress) -- Researchers at Mount Sinai School of Medicine may have discovered why certain drugs to treat schizophrenia are ineffective in some patients. Published online in Nature Neuroscience, the research will p ...

Neuroscience created Aug 13, 2012 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Inhibiting enzymes in the cell may lead to development and proliferation of cancer cells

Blocking certain enzymes in the cell may prevent cancer cell division and growth, according to new findings from researchers at the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. The ...

Cancer created Apr 25, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Dual action polyclonal antibody may offer more effective, safer protection against osteoporosis

A new study suggests that a polyclonal antibody that blocks follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) in mice without ovaries might offer a more effective way to prevent or arrest osteoporosis than currently available treatments.

Medical research created Aug 20, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Aurka-to-p53 signaling: A link between stem cell regulation and cancer

Researchers at Mount Sinai School of Medicine, the University of Manchester, and the MD Anderson Cancer Center have found a new role for an oncogenic signaling pathway in embryonic stem cell (ESC) self-renewal and in reprogramming ...

Medical research created Aug 03, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researchers develop a multi-target approach to treating tumors

Researchers from Mount Sinai School of Medicine developed a cancer model built in the fruit fly Drosophila, then used it to create a whole new approach to the discovery of cancer treatments. The result is an investigational compou ...

Cancer created Jun 07, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Changes in nerve cells may contribute to the development of mental illness

Reduced production of myelin, a type of protective nerve fiber that is lost in diseases like multiple sclerosis, may also play a role in the development of mental illness, according to researchers at the Graduate School of ...

Neuroscience created Nov 28, 2012 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Oral immunotherapy shows promise as treatment for children with egg allergy

A team of researchers from Mount Sinai School of Medicine and four other institutions have found that young children with egg allergies can benefit from treatment with oral immunotherapy.

Immunology created Jul 18, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast