The North Shore-LIJ Health System announced today it is making an initial investment of $175 million to expand its cancer services throughout the New York metropolitan area.
Leaders in research, care, administration, finance, advocacy and legislation discuss the possibilities for telemedicine in parkinson’s disease treatment and cure.
With March designated as Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month, the North Shore-LIJ Cancer Institute is enrolling people who were recently treated for colon cancer in a polyp prevention study.
Training of Hampton University undergrads to focus on racial disparities in prostate cancer treatments
Collaboration to focus on research and development of antibodies for the treatment of systemic lupus erythematosus
The North Shore-LIJ Health System today announced today that George Raptis, MD, joined its Cancer Institute as vice president of the oncology network.
People who study or treat Alzheimer’s disease and its earliest clinical stage, mild cognitive impairment (MCI), have focused attention on the obvious short-term memory problems. But a new study suggests that people on the road to Alzheimer’s may actually have problems early on in processing semantic or knowledge-based information, which could have much broader implications for how patients function in their lives.
130,000-square-foot facility includes 115 beds for geriatric, adult and adolescent patients, an Alzheimer’s Disease Dementia Center, New Electroconvulsive Therapy Unit.
New Bay Shore, NY, facility to treat psychological wounds of military families, smooth the transition home for vets struggling with PTSD and other issues.
Walk to Paris aims to improve health, promote team-building.
North Shore-LIJ Health System today announced the creation of the New York Head and Neck Institute (NYHNI), a part of its head and neck surgery service line, and the opening of the Center for Cranial Base Surgery at Lenox Hill Hospital.
Researchers led by a senior investigator at Hofstra-North Shore LIJ School of Medicine and The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research have released initial findings from a first-of-a-kind clinical trial in adaptive radiotherapy (ART) for head and neck cancer.
This new study is a National Institute of Mental Health-funded randomized double-blind trial that was designed to test whether Omega-3 fatty acids improve clinical symptoms, and help adolescents and young adults (ages 12 to 25) who are at elevated risk for severe psychiatric disorders function better in school, work and other social environments.
Women who inherit the cancer genes BRCA1 or BRCA2 from their paternal lineage may get a diagnosis a decade earlier than those women who carry the cancer genes from their mother and her ancestors, according to a new study by researchers at the North Shore-LIJ Heath System's Monter Cancer Center in Lake Success, NY.
The American Journal of Industrial Medicine recently published a study showing that World Trade Center (WTC) responders suffer from asthma at more than twice the rate of the general U.S. population as a result of their exposure to the toxic dust from the collapse of the WTC towers in 2001.
LIJ Medical Center has been designated as an Academic Center of Excellence for minimally invasive surgery in gynecologic oncology and gynecology by the American Institute of Minimally Invasive Surgery (AIMIS). LIJ is the first hospital in New York and the entire Northeast region to achieve this prestigious national designation.
Scientists have identified a surprising new role for a new type of T cell in the immune system: some of them can be activated by nerves to make a neurotransmitter (acetylcholine) that blocks inflammation. The discovery of these T cells is novel and suggests that it may be possible to treat inflammation and autoimmune diseases by targeting the nerves and the T cells.
Scientists at The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research discovered a molecule called c-Abl that has a known role in leukemia also has a hand in Alzheimer’s disease.
New program that seeks to improve the quality of complex processes by identifying and removing the causes of errors.
A multi-center gene therapy trial for patients with advanced Parkinson’s disease demonstrated reduced symptoms of the progressive movement disorder, according to a new study published in Lancet Neurology.
To increase the chances of a safe labor and delivery, and make way for a memorable birthing experience, the North Shore-LIJ Health System has launched a new prenatal quality initiative, led by Adiel Fleischer, MD, of obstetrics and gynecology at North Shore University Hospital and Long Island Jewish (LIJ) Medical Center, and Brian Wagner, MD, a maternal-fetal medicine specialist.
The study will examine the patterns of fertility among women with epilepsy, compared to an age matched group of women without epilepsy. The research is being funded by the Milken Family Foundation.
The North Shore-LIJ Health System Department of Radiation Medicine announced today it is seeking patients with early-stage (confined to the organ) prostate cancer to participate in a Phase I Research study.
The North Shore-LIJ Health System and ProHealth Care Associates LLP today announced the opening of “Vivo Health Fitness at ProHealth,” a 15,000-square-foot health club located at 3 Delaware Drive in the Lake Success Quadrangle. The center, part of North Shore-LIJ’s new push into the wellness business to meet the anticipated demands of federal health reform, features exercise equipment, aerobics and spin classes, a wellness spa and programs like yoga, stress management and nutrition seminars taught by clinicians from North Shore-LIJ.
Franklin Hospital is ranked the best on Long Island for joint replacement outcomes and also is tops in Nassau County for its overall success in orthopedics and joint replacement, according to the latest national study by HealthGrades.
The US Department of Defense (DOD) has awarded a $5 million grant to The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research and the University of Cincinnati to further develop a “lab-on-a-chip” device used for monitoring patients suffering from severe brain injury.
The fine particles of pollution that hang in the air can increase the risk for sudden cardiac arrest, according to a new study conducted by a team from Long Island Jewish (LIJ) Medical Center and The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research.
For one year and counting, Long Island Jewish (LIJ) Medical Center has achieved a zero central-line infection rate in its surgical intensive care unit (SICU), a significant accomplishment for hospitals.
The North Shore-LIJ Health System Department of Radiation Medicine announced today it is seeking patients with cancer of the oropharynx (back of the mouth)) to participate in a Phase I clinical trial.
The North Shore-LIJ Health System announced the election of Richard D. Goldstein as its next chairman
Steven and Alexandra Cohen and other supporters of the Cohen Children’s Medical Center of New York recently broke ground on a $120 million, 100,000-square-foot pavilion that will further enhance the hospital’s national reputation for excellence in pediatric healthcare.
The North Shore-LIJ Health System today announced the launch of a new online service to help consumers find out the cost of medical services in advance, learn whether they are eligible for financial assistance and how to get help with paying their hospital bills.
TrueBeamTM system expands radiotherapy treatment options for even the most challenging cases.
The SisSLE (Sisters of Women with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus) research study is looking for sisters: one with a diagnosis of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), an autoimmune disease and one (or more) who does not have lupus.
$50 million gift to help fund $120 million expansion project.
An experimental thyroid drug reduces cholesterol without the troublesome side effects experienced by some people on statins, according to a study published today in The New England Journal of Medicine. An international team of investigators at Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, the Karolinska University Hospital and Institute, and The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research tested a substance called Eprotirome in patients with high cholesterol.
Most people who carry a genetic mutation for a movement disorder called dystonia will never develop symptoms, a phenomenon that has puzzled scientists since the first genetic mutation was identified in the 1990's. Now, scientists at The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research have figured out why these mutation carriers are protected from symptoms of the disorder "“ they have an additional lesion that evens the score.
Trends among medical professionals have tipped the scales in favor of some treatments for younger men diagnosed with prostate cancer, but a new study by scientists at The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research and North Shore-LIJ Health System have found that age doesn't make a difference in the long-term therapeutic outcome.
The North Shore-LIJ Health System today announced the appointment of Raj K. Narayan, MD, FACS, as senior vice president of neurosurgery for the North Shore-LIJ Health System, chairman of neurosurgery at North Shore University Hospital and LIJ Medical Center, and director of the Harvey Cushing Institutes of Neuroscience.
Feinstein Institute for Medical Research and a team of collaborators from across the country have identified a new risk factor gene for rheumatoid arthritis. The gene, dubbed REL, is a member of the NF-(kappa)B family. The NF-(kappa)B family seems to have a big hand in regulating the body's immune response.
A new multi-center study, conducted at The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research in collaboration with five other centers throughout the country, tested the commonly prescribed antidepressant citalopram and found that it was no more effective than placebo in altering obsessive features of the condition "“ the spinning, rocking and repetitive behavior.
Surgeons at the North Shore-LIJ Health System use a portable CT in the operating room for first time to perform minimally invasive trasnasal endoscopic skull base surgery to remove the odontoid bone. The portable CT ensures that surgeons have performed a complete resection before leaving the OR. With a shorter recovery time than a traditional surgery, the procedure restored mobility and function in the 58 year old patient.
Immune cells that send out inflammatory signals to injured tissue may be involved in atherosclerosis. A marker of macrophage activity found in plasma, Fc(gamma)RIIIaMois expressed in a small subset of peripheral blood monocytes and is present in human atherosclerotic plaques
The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research have identified a new anatomical path through which the brain and the spleen communicate.
The Calypso© System provides clinicians with an innovative solution for targeting and continually monitoring the prostate in real time, during a patient's radiation therapy treatment for prostate cancer.
The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research announced today that it has signed a collaborative agreement with the renowned Karolinska Institutet in Sweden.
Brain scans used to track changes in a dozen patients who received an experimental gene therapy show that the treatment normalizes brain function - and the effects are still present a year later.
A component of green tea could prove the perfect elixir for severe sepsis. Haichao Wang, PhD, of The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research, and his colleagues have been studying the therapeutic powers of dozens of Chinese herbal compounds.
The body's inflammatory response to infection and autoimmune diseases. Understanding the intimate relationship is leading to a novel way to treat diseases triggered by a dangerous inflammatory response.
Parkinson's that causes tremors, rigidity and slowed movements also targets another brain network that regulates cognitive thought and the ability to carry out everyday tasks. David Eidelberg, MD and his colleagues measured and quantified this network of brain regions during a five-year study of newly diagnosed Parkinson's patients.
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