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New Program Teams MDs and Psychologists to Reduce Hospitalizations for Patients with Chronic Respiratory Illness

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CHAM researcher awarded $5.3 million from NIH as part of a seven-year initiative called Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes

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Dr. Marina Reznik receives grant from NIH to examine impact of asthma guidelines promotion through technology-based intervention and care coordination

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The Children’s Hospital at Montefiore takes its place for the ninth year in a row on the U.S. News & World Report list of the nation’s best children’s hospitals.

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Montefiore Einstein Center for Cancer Care is Chosen by CMS to Participate in its New Oncology Care Model

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An innovative primary care-based asthma program improves identification of poorly controlled asthma among children and enhances treatment plans, compared to care provided during routine office visits.

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Montefiore Health System has a new collaborative program with its partner St. John’s Riverside Hospital to offer patients suffering from kidney, pancreas or liver disease an opportunity to be evaluated for transplantation at St. John’s Riverside Hospital by specialists from Montefiore Einstein Center for Transplantation.

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Montefiore and Einstein researchers leverage social media to yield important insights on migraine associated-smells and hallucinations.

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Parents and pediatric health providers are often unaware of how toys are assigned safety labels and suggestions for recommended age-appropriate use. Researchers from the Children’s Hospital at Montefiore (CHAM) examined how toys are tested and labeled for safety concerns in a State-of-the-Art Review Article in the current issue of Pediatrics.

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Montefiore/Einstein investigators present new data at ASCO meeting, including biomarkers for neuroendocrine therapies, benefits of immunotherapy for African American men with prostate cancer.

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Montefiore Health System, the principal sponsor of Bronx Week 2016 and largest healthcare provider in the Bronx, will partner with community based organizations and local educational partners like Mercy College to educate local students and their parents about opportunities in the healthcare industry during its “Health at the Hutch” event today.

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Leading experts in child health from the Children’s Hospital at Montefiore (CHAM) and Albert Einstein College of Medicine will present research at the annual meeting of the Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS), April 30 – May 3 in Baltimore.

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New study by Montefiore Headache Center and Albert Einstein College of Medicine, published in Mayo Clinic Proceedings, quantifies the significant burden of migraine.

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In an effort to increase access to healthier food choices in its neighborhood, Montefiore Health System Office of Community & Population Health, in collaboration with Shop Healthy NYC , and Center For Disease Control and Prevention’s Bronx REACH CHAMPS Initiative created The Healthy Store Initiative to help combat diet-related chronic disease, and promote health and well-being. On April 23rd, two Bronx markets, Martes Food Center, 124 E 176Th St. and Aqui Me Quedo, 1052 Gerard Avenue, will receive the Bronx CAN Health Initiative proclamation award. Both markets are participating in the program to provide healthy and affordable food options for community residents who need to manage restrictive diets as the result of diabetes, hypertension and/or obesity.

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The only center of its kind in New York City, Montefiore’s Caregiver Support Center is Celebrating Fifth Anniversary

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Just released two-year follow up data comparing coronary-artery bypass grafting (CABG) with combined CABG and mitral-value repair in patients with moderate ischemic mitral regurgitation (IMR) found no significant differences in benefit. The patients with CABG and mitral-valve repair had an early hazard of longer hospital stay post-surgery, a higher incidence of postoperative supraventricular arrhythmias and higher rate of serious neurological events than those with CABG alone.

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Women who have acute migraine attacks that are severe enough to prompt them to seek care may be more likely to have complications when giving birth, including preterm delivery, preeclampsia and low birthweight. Women 35 and older were seven times more likely to have these complications.These findings, conducted by researchers at Montefiore Health System, will be presented at the American Academy of Neurology’s 68th Annual Meeting on April 15 to 21.

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Although asking about maternal depression increased among pediatricians by about 30 percent between 2004 and 2013, less than half of pediatricians usually screen for the condition.

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New Study Published in Academic Pediatrics is First to Use Validated Measures to Explore Association Between Household Food Insecurity and Adolescent Mental Health

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Cancer patients who miss two or more radiation therapy sessions have a worse outcome than fully compliant patients, investigators at Montefiore Einstein Center for Cancer Care (MECCC) and Albert Einstein College of Medicine’s NCI–designated Albert Einstein Cancer Center have found.