More than a year ago, leaders at Mount Sinai Hospital stared reality straight in the face: the population was aging. Two-thirds of the hospital’s medical patients were over the age of 65 and a new, holistic strategy was needed to ...

At Mount Sinai Hospital, Drs. Kathy Siminovitch and Edward Keystone are using genetic information to uncover the causes and best course of therapy in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Mount Sinai’s researchers and clinicians are using genetic information to uncover the causes ...

New research and recent studies are breaking down the old nature vs. nurture divide on how genes and the environment interact to shape who we are and how healthy—or unhealthy—we become. An innovative model, based on the science of ‘epigenetics,’ ...

With boomers getting older, and more women entering middle age, there is a growing demand to address the health care needs of mature women — a topic that is typically not discussed. However, a program at Mount Sinai Hospital is changing ...

Pivotal research from Mount Sinai Hospital points to key genes and early molecular events implicated in common psychiatric illnesses. Specifically, three researchers under the supervision of Dr. John Roder, a senior scientist at the Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute of Mount ...

Applications for stem cells were once considered ‘futuristic.’ But today’s research is ushering in a new era in which these cells are a source of great hope for use in regenerative medicine, as well as in the development of new ...

A bout of pneumonia combined with a bad fall could have been disastrous for a 100-year old man living alone in a Toronto apartment. The fall inevitably meant hospitalization and, for many older adults, a hospital stay is seen as ...

A centuries old martial art, historically known for its therapeutic powers, is now making its way into the medical mainstream with one of the first Tai Chi programs for patients in a Toronto hospital. Mount Sinai Hospital will offer the ...