For those struggling with opioid addiction, it is a constant battle to feel well. To better serve patients with this medical condition, the Family Health Centers at NYU Langone have developed
NYU Langone Health was the first organization in New York State to receive The Joint Commission's Perinatal Care Certification, in 2015. This year was the first certification to include NYU Langone Hospital–Brooklyn, which becomes the first hospital in Brooklyn to merit the designation.
American teenagers and adults are more likely to try illegal or recreational drugs for the first time in the summer, a new study shows.
NYU Langone Health has announced the creation of the Center for Opioid Epidemiology and Policy to track and investigate the causes of emerging trends in opioid misuse, disorder, and overdose, to inform policies to prevent opioid misuse, disorder and overdose, and to figure out how to protect communities from the direct and indirect downstream effects the opioid crisis can have on the health of families and communities.
NYU Langone performs first U.S. procedure using newly approved device to reduce risk of repeat surgeries for herniated disc
Among the 500 largest U.S. cities, 56 have very large life expectancy gaps between neighborhoods, where on average people in one neighborhood can expect to live 20 to 30 years longer than their neighbors a few miles away.
Migraine sufferers who used a smartphone-based relaxation technique at least twice a week experienced on average four fewer headache days per month, a new study shows.
Even a short stay for travelers in cities with high levels of air pollution leads to breathing problems that can take at least a week from which to recover, a new study shows.
Academic medical centers across the country and around the world are rapidly creating and expanding population health departments to bridge the worlds of clinical practice and public health. However, few frameworks exist to guide these efforts. Now a new case study from a pioneering leader in the field provides an important and definitive road map.
Gary D. Steinberg, MD , a nationally recognized specialist in the surgical management of bladder cancer, has been named director of the Goldstein Urology Bladder Cancer Program at NYU Langone Health. His recruitment enhances the team of clinicians and scientists already assembled within the Department of Urology and NYU Langone Health’s Perlmutter Cancer Center who focus on this form of cancer.
A new report shows how tissue samples from some lupus patients can accurately predict those more likely than not to respond to therapy.
Blood tests that track the amount of tumor DNA can ― after only one month of drug therapy ― detect how well treatment is working in patients with skin cancer, a new study finds.
The Department of Population Health at NYU Langone Health is holding its fourth annual Health And… conference on May 13, 2019, about how the healthcare, education, public health, housing and other sectors can better foster children’s development to maximize opportunities for health and well-being across the life course—paving the way for greater opportunity, health and equity in adulthood.
Researchers have defined the roles of various cells in the bone marrow that are thought to control the fate of the nearly half million blood cells that develop there each day.
People often say they can get by on five or fewer hours of sleep, that snoring is harmless, and that having a drink helps you to fall asleep. These are, in fact, among the most widely held myths about sleeping that not only shape poor habits, but may also pose a significant public health threat.
Nationally renowned hematology experts will lead the Multiple Myeloma Program at NYU Langone’s Center for Blood Cancers.
High hospital readmission rates indicate that many elderly heart failure patients may be sent home too soon from skilled nursing facilities, a new study suggests.
People with and without cancer are more likely, over time, to use a more potent form of medical marijuana with increasingly higher amounts of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), a new study shows.
New research presented American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) 2019 reports on the results of a major undertaking by the Department of Orthopedic Surgery at NYU Langone Health to curb opioid prescriptions and usage rates following common orthopedic procedures.
NYU Langone researchers launch a new app to study picky eating in young children and provide suggestions to parents.
Brain cells recorded as among the least electrically active during a specific task may be the most important to doing it right.
The disease systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) — marked by the attack on joints, skin, and kidneys by the body’s immune system — is linked to an abnormal mix of bacteria in the gut. This is according to a new study led by scientists at NYU School of Medicine.
NYU Langone Transplant Institute launches a new pancreas transplantation program, expanding regional access to care for people with complications from diabetes and other illnesses.
Sam Serouya, MD, joins NYU Langone Hospital–Brooklyn as a gastroenterologist specializing in advanced therapeutic endoscopy to better detect and evaluate digestive disorders and diseases.
Laura and Isaac Perlmutter Cancer Center at NYU Langone Health has been designated a Comprehensive Cancer Center by the National Cancer Institute (NCI), the nation’s authority in cancer research and support.
– John G. Kennedy, MD, renowned for his visionary work in the surgical treatment of foot and ankle injuries, has been appointed the new Chief of the Foot and Ankle Division in the Department of Orthopedic Surgery, and Director of the Foot and Ankle Center at NYU Langone Health.
Researchers at a new center launched at NYU Langone will study environmental exposures and their effects on health.
New research from NYU School of Medicine and Boston Medical Center published online January 18 in JAMA Network Open shows that increased marketing of opioid products to physicians -- from consulting fees to free meals -- is associated with higher opioid prescribing rates and elevated overdose deaths in the U.S.
Most oncologists say they don’t know enough about how to treat patients with differences in sexual orientation or identity, but most are also interested in learning more, a new study finds.
New findings from an international research team led by psychiatrists at NYU School of Medicine show that a newly-developed analytic model can predict soon after a shocking or scary event – and with significant accuracy -- the likelihood of someone developing Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).
The healing of wounded skin in diabetes can be sped up by more than 50 percent using injections of stem cells taken from bone marrow, a new study in mice shows.
A new combination of three drugs that harness the body’s immune system is safe and effective, destroying most cancer cells in 95 percent of patients with recurrent Hodgkin lymphoma, according to the results of an early-phase study.
New drugs that harness the body’s immune system to destroy cancer cells appear to increase the effectiveness of later drug therapies for non-Hodgkin and Hodgkin lymphoma patients, new research suggests. This happens, scientists say, even for repeat drug therapies whose initial attempts failed to stop or reverse the disease.
This past January 2018, a surgical team from NYU Langone Health performed its second face transplant, replacing much of the upper, mid, and lower face and jaws of a 26-year-old man from California. NYU Langone Health is one of only a handful of medical centers in the United States — and the only one in New York State — with a dedicated program for face transplantation.
By stirring crosstalk among skin cells that form the roots of hair, researchers report they have regrown hair strands on damaged skin. The findings better explain why hair does not normally grow on wounded skin, and may help in the search for better drugs to restore hair growth, say the study’s authors.
The most popular YouTube videos on prostate cancer often offer misleading or biased medical information that poses potential health risks to patients, an analysis of the social media platform shows.
NYU School of Medicine’s Department of Radiology is releasing the first large-scale MRI dataset of its kind as part of fastMRI, a collaborative effort with Facebook AI Research (FAIR) to speed up MRI scans with artificial intelligence (AI). This initial dataset release includes more than 1.5 million anonymous MR images of the knee, drawn from 10,000 scans, in addition to raw measurement data from nearly 1,600 scans.
Men and women who identify as lesbian, gay, or bisexual are more likely to misuse opioids when compared with those who identify as heterosexual, a new study shows.
David Charytan, MD, renowned expert in cardio-renal disease, named new division director of nephrology at NYU Langone.
An experimental drug may be effective against a deadly form of pancreatic cancer when used in combination with other immune-boosting therapies, according to a cover study publishing online Nov. 12 in Cancer Cell.
Results of a phase II clinical trial show that novel drug sparsentan is an effective treatment for the rare kidney disease focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS), which currently has no FDA-approved therapies.
Lifestyle intervention delivered in churches by community-based health workers led to a significant reduction in blood pressure among African Americans compared to health education alone, according to a study led by researchers at NYU School of Medicine publishing online October 9 in the journal Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes.
Researchers from NYU School of Medicine, along with a national group of researchers, clinicians, policymakers, payers, patients, caregivers and healthcare system representatives designed and piloted Patient Priorities Care (PPC).
Patients with “broken heart” syndrome still face considerable risk of hospital readmission and in-hospital death.
Thomas J. Graham, MD, one of the nation’s most respected hand surgeons and health care innovators, recently joined the Department of Orthopedic Surgery at NYU Langone Health as Director of Strategy and Innovation. Dr. Graham also is serving as Associate Chief of the Division of Hand Surgery, where he is moving his clinical practice which has cared for thousands of elite athletes.
With reports of discrimination and hate crimes on the rise, psychiatrists and other mental health professionals say they feel compelled to retool their practices as “safe spaces” where they can better attend to the needs of traumatized patients.
Lauren H. Golden, MD, a nationally renowned clinician, has been appointed director of the Center for Diabetes & Metabolic Health at NYU Langone Health to augment the institution’s efforts and reputation for excellence in diabetes care.
Dr. William Macaulay has been appointed chief of adult reconstructive surgery in the Department of Orthopedic Surgery at NYU Langone Health.
Robotic scope enables physician to successfully remove lesions that cannot be removed by endoscopy without the patient needing surgery.
Nationally renowned clinician and researcher Vamsidhar “Vamsi” Velcheti, MD, recently joined Perlmutter Cancer Center at NYU Langone Health as Director of Thoracic Medical Oncology, enhancing the center’s efforts to improve clinical care, increase translational and clinical research, and promote interdisciplinary collaborations in lung cancer.
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