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1-Sep-2021 7:00 AM EDT
Decades After Toxic Exposure, 9/11 First Responders May Still Lower Their Risk of Lung Injury
NYU Langone Health

Losing weight and treating excess levels of fat in the blood may help prevent lung disease in firefighters exposed to dangerous levels of fine particles from fire, smoke, and toxic chemicals on Sept. 11, 2001, a new study shows.

30-Aug-2021 7:00 AM EDT
High Virus Count in the Lungs Drives COVID-19 Deaths
NYU Langone Health

A buildup of coronavirus in the lungs is likely behind the steep mortality rates seen in the pandemic, a new study finds. The results contrast with previous suspicions that simultaneous infections, such as bacterial pneumonia or overreaction of the body’s immune defense system, played major roles in heightened risk of death, the investigators say.

6-Aug-2021 7:05 AM EDT
“Experienced” Mouse Mothers Tutor Other Females to Parent, Helped by Hormone Oxytocin
NYU Langone Health

Watching a mother mouse gather her pups into the family’s nest trains other female mice without pups to perform the same parenting task, a new study shows. Furthermore, these observations lead to the production of oxytocin in the brains of virgin female mice, biochemically shaping their maternal behaviors even before they have pups of their own.

   
Released: 29-Jul-2021 12:35 PM EDT
NYU Langone Health Named Coordinating Center for American Heart Association Health Equity Research Network to Prevent Hypertension in Black Communities
NYU Langone Health

As part of a $20 million award from the America Heart Association, NYU Grossman School of Medicine has been named as the coordinating center for a new collaboration between eight universities to prevent hypertension and reduce racial inequities in cardiovascular disease outcomes in Black communities.

25-Jun-2021 3:15 PM EDT
Prevalence of COVID-19 Among Hospitalized Infants Varies with Levels of Community Transmission
NYU Langone Health

How common COVID-19 is among infants may depend on the degree of the pandemic virus circulating in a community, a new study finds.

24-Jun-2021 10:15 AM EDT
Drug Relieves Persistent Daydreaming, Fatigue, and Brain Sluggishness in Adults with ADHD
NYU Langone Health

Tests of a drug known to stimulate brain activity have shown early success in reducing symptoms of sluggish cognitive tempo in 38 men and women with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD.)

24-Jun-2021 10:15 AM EDT
Study Sheds Light on Persistent Racial Disparities in Prostate Cancer Care in the United States
NYU Langone Health

Black men most likely to benefit from advanced prostate cancer therapies are 11 percent less likely to get them than non-Black men. This happens despite apparent equal opportunities in obtaining health care services, a new study in American veterans shows.

16-Jun-2021 7:00 AM EDT
Implantable Brain Device Relieves Pain in Early Study
NYU Langone Health

A computerized brain implant effectively relieves short-term and chronic pain in rodents, a new study finds.

14-Jun-2021 7:00 AM EDT
New Treatment Stops Progression of Alzheimer’s Disease in Monkey Brains
NYU Langone Health

A new therapy prompts immune defense cells to swallow misshapen proteins, amyloid beta plaques and tau tangles, whose buildup is known to kill nearby brain cells as part of Alzheimer’s disease, a new study shows.

Released: 2-Jun-2021 10:10 AM EDT
Patients Taking Anti-Inflammatory Drugs Respond Less Well to COVID-19 Vaccine
NYU Langone Health

One-quarter of people who take the drug methotrexate for common immune system disorders — from rheumatoid arthritis to multiple sclerosis — mount a weaker immune response to a COVID-19 vaccine, a new study shows.

Released: 21-May-2021 6:00 AM EDT
Perlmutter Cancer Center at NYU Langone Health Joins Call for Urgent Action to Get Cancer-Preventing HPV Vaccination Back on Track
NYU Langone Health

Perlmutter Cancer Center at NYU Langone Health is collaborating with more than 70 other National Cancer Institute (NCI)-designated cancer centers and partner organizations to issue a joint statement urging the nation’s physicians, parents and young adults to get the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination back on track.

17-May-2021 7:00 AM EDT
Coronavirus Transmission in Queens Drove the First Wave of New York City’s Pandemic
NYU Langone Health

The most populous boroughs in New York City, Queens and Brooklyn, likely served as the major hub of COVID-19 spread in the spring of 2020, a new study finds.

Released: 20-May-2021 12:30 PM EDT
Top Expert to Lead New Technology Opportunity Ventures at NYU Langone Health
NYU Langone Health

NYU Langone Health appointed nationally renowned biotech and technology innovation expert as new vice president for Technology Opportunity Ventures.

   
Released: 20-May-2021 11:10 AM EDT
NYU Grossman School of Medicine Celebrates 180th Graduation In Virtual Ceremony
NYU Langone Health

NYU Grossman School of Medicine held a virtual graduation ceremony celebrating the accomplishments of 121 new physicians.

17-May-2021 7:15 AM EDT
Breast Cancer Treatments Do Not Increase Risk of Covid-19 Infection or Death
NYU Langone Health

Cancer drugs capable of weakening the body’s immune defenses are no more likely to increase the risk of Covid-19 infection or death than breast cancer therapies that do not undermine the immune system, a new study shows.

10-May-2021 10:25 AM EDT
Artificial Intelligence Tool Uses Chest X-ray to Differentiate Worst Cases of COVID-19
NYU Langone Health

Trained to see patterns by analyzing thousands of chest X-rays, a computer program predicted with up to 80 percent accuracy which COVID-19 patients would develop life-threatening complications within four days, a new study finds.

   
Released: 10-May-2021 9:00 AM EDT
Renowned Hospitalist to Lead New Division of Hospital Medicine at NYU Langone Health
NYU Langone Health

Katherine Hochman, MD, a nationally renowned hospitalist, has been named inaugural director of the new Division of Hospital Medicine in the Department of Medicine at NYU Langone Health.

30-Apr-2021 11:45 AM EDT
New Research Finds Rise of Frequent Cannabis Vaping Among U.S. High School Seniors
NYU Langone Health

Frequent cannabis vaping, defined as vaping at least 10 times a month, more than doubled among high school seniors in the United States between 2018 and 2019, according to new research from NYU Grossman School of Medicine published online May 4 in the Journal of Adolescent Health.

16-Apr-2021 11:35 AM EDT
Addressing and Integrating Social Determinants of Health Effective in Reducing Blood Pressure in Patients with Hypertension or Diabetes
NYU Langone Health

While cardiovascular disease (CVD) remains the leading cause of death globally, new research led by NYU Grossman School of Medicine and Moi University School of Medicine (Kenya) found that addressing and incorporating social determinants of health (such as poverty and social isolation) in the clinical management of blood pressure in Kenya can improve outcomes for patients with diabetes or hypertension.

8-Apr-2021 12:30 PM EDT
Cancer-Killing Virus Therapy Shows Promise Against Inoperable Skin Cancers
NYU Langone Health

Early results show that a new combination drug therapy is safe and effective against advanced skin cancer in patients who were not able to have their tumors surgically removed.



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