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Mystery of Mount Rainier survey marker melts away

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Oct 02, 2009 | popularity 2.3 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Is global warming shrinking Mount Rainier? A survey marker atop the Northwest's tallest peak sure makes it look that way.


Geologists witness unique volcanic mudflow in action in New Zealand

Geologists witness unique volcanic mudflow in action in New Zealand

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Jul 13, 2007 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (12) | comments 0

Volcanologist Sarah Fagents from the School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology (SOEST) at the University of Hawaii at Manoa had an amazing opportunity to study volcanic hazards first hand, when a volcanic ...


Study finds those with more difficult to treat forms of HCV are half as likely to get treated

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 09, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A new study by Mount Sinai researchers has for the first time found that patients with more difficult to treat forms of hepatitis C are half as likely to initiate treatment for the disease, when compared to patients with ...


Mount Sinai first in nation to ablate atrial fibrillation using new visually-guided balloon catheter

Medicine & Health / Other

created Sep 18, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Physicians at The Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York became the first in the U.S. to ablate atrial fibrillation using a visually-guided laser balloon catheter. The procedure was performed September 15 by Vivek Y. Reddy, ...


Researchers find new Alzheimer's disease treatment promising

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Jul 12, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Researchers at Mount Sinai School of Medicine have found that a compound called NIC5-15, might be a safe and effective treatment to stabilize cognitive performance in patients with mild to moderate Alzheimer's disease. The ...


New Mount Sinai research finds 9/11 responders twice as likely to have asthma

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Nov 03, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

First responders who were exposed to caustic dust and toxic pollutants following the 2001 World Trade Center (WTC) terrorist attacks suffer from asthma at more than twice the rate of the general U.S. population, according ...


New technique prevents major cause for heart-related stroke

Medicine & Health / Research

created Aug 21, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Physicians at The Mount Sinai Medical Center were the first in the country to perform a non-surgical procedure using sutures to tie off a left atrial appendage (LAA), which is the source of blood clots leading to stroke in ...


Prostate cancer patients disease free after 5 years likely to be disease free after 10 years

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jul 02, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Prostate cancer patients who receive brachytherapy and remain free of disease for five years or greater are unlikely to have a recurrence at 10 years, according to a study in the July 1 issue of the International Journal of ...


Researchers find phone assessment effective for evaluating cognition in the elderly

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Sep 15, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Cognitive testing by telephone in elderly individuals is generally as effective as in-person testing, according to a new study by Effie M. Mitsis, PhD, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Mount Sinai School of Medicine and ...


Mount Sinai leads unprecedented attempt to discover rules for assembling human tissue

Medicine & Health / Research

created Sep 24, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers from Mount Sinai School of Medicine and two other academic institutions have received federal funding to systematically assemble functional human kidney tissue from tissue modeled on a computer. If successful, ...



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