Ali Weinstein, professor of global and community health and senior scholar at the Center for the Advancement of Well-Being studied how breast cancer survivors respond to physically and mentally tiring tasks. Researchers measured changes in both inflammation and participants’ self-reported fatigue, two common symptoms among breast cancer survivors that are believed to be connected, impact quality of life, and may also play a role in cancer recurrence.  

The American Cancer Society (ACS) has awarded The Tisch Cancer Institute at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai a $4.08 million grant to establish the Cancer Health Research Center at Mount Sinai, a new initiative dedicated to reducing cancer-related health inequities across New York City.

A new Gerontological Society of America report, “Staying Safe with Opioids at Home,” describes questions about pain management and opioid reversal for older adults and their caregivers and presents a decision tree to guide their actions.

Anxiety symptoms among U.S. adults, even during the COVID-19 pandemic, appear to have remained stable, according to a massive online study spanning more than a decade.

Brain tissue studies reveal more beta amyloid and tau accumulation in women with Down syndrome than in men.

Findings emphasize the importance of considering sex in the design of Alzheimer’s research and treatment.

The National Institutes of Health supported the study.

A new study reveals that the legacy of redlining—a discriminatory housing policy from the 1930s—is associated with inequities in rapid access to emergency medical services (EMS) today. These disparities in prehospital care can have serious consequences for patients experiencing life-threatening conditions such as major trauma, stroke, cardiac arrest, or septic shock.