Archive: 27/09/2016
East Harlem health impact assessment shows importance of affordable housing to the health of community residents
Today, the New York Academy of Medicine released the second Health Impact Assessment (HIA) conducted in New York City's history and the first for the community of East Harlem. The East Harlem HIA shows the many ways that ...
Sep 27, 2016
Freezing technique is an effective alternative to lumpectomy for early stage breast cancer
A deep-freezing technique known as cryoablation is a viable alternative to traditional surgery in many early-stage breast cancers, NewYork-Presbyterian and Weill Cornell Medicine researchers find in a new clinical study. ...
Sep 27, 2016
CDC awards Puerto Rico $13M to fight Zika, other viruses
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is awarding Puerto Rico $13 million to help fight a Zika epidemic and other mosquito-borne viruses.
Sep 27, 2016
Tackling tumors: Researcher using nanotechnology to target inoperable tumors from the inside out
Many solid tumors are considered inoperable because they adhere to vital structures or the surgery would cause irreversible damages to the patients. In order to prevent the tumor growth or provide complete tumor resolution ...
Sep 27, 2016
Interval exercise training improves blood vessel function in older adults
Resistance-based interval exercise helps improve endothelial function—including blood flow and blood vessel dilation—both in older adults with type 2 diabetes and in age-matched non-exercisers and regular exercisers, ...
Sep 27, 2016