Contact: Mount Sinai Press Office newsmedia@mssm.edu 212-241-9200 The Mount Sinai Hospital / Mount Sinai School of Medicine Discovery provides new targets for antiviral drugs and vaccine designs Scientists have discovered that that the flu virus can essentially tell time, thereby… Read More ›
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Study shows a single shot of morphine has long lasting effects on testosterone levels
2010 study posted for filing Contact: Ilene Raymond Rush irush@shro.org 215-470-2998 Sbarro Health Research Organization A single injection of morphine to fight persistent pain in male rats is able to strongly reduce the hormone testosterone in the brain and plasma,… Read More ›
Research on enhanced transmissibility in H5N1 influenza: Should the moratorium end?
Public Release: 9-Oct-2012 Contact: Jim Sliwa jsliwa@asmusa.org 202-942-9297 American Society for Microbiology How can scientists safely conduct avian flu research if the results could potentially threaten, as well as save, millions of lives? In a series of commentaries appearing on… Read More ›
Doctors speak out about unnecessary care as cost put at $800 billion a year
Contact: Emma Dickinson edickinson@bmjgroup.com 44-020-738-36529 BMJ-British Medical Journal Prominent doctors are challenging the assumption in US healthcare that more is better Leading doctors are calling for action to tackle unnecessary care that is estimated to account for up to $800bn… Read More ›
Survivors of 1918 flu pandemic protected with a lifetime immunity to virus
Contact: Mount Sinai Newsroom newsmedia@mssm.edu 212-241-9200 The Mount Sinai Hospital / Mount Sinai School of Medicine New research has discovered that infection and natural exposure to the 1918 influenza virus made survivors immune to the disease for the remaining of… Read More ›
Healthcare costs hit the elderly hard, diminish financial well being
New York, 4 September 2012 Study finds out-of-pocket spending on healthcare in old age puts significant strain on finances The protection of the savings of the elderly—one of the primary goals of Medicare—is under threat from a combination of spiraling… Read More ›