Do the holidays leave a lump in your throat? If fond farewells aren’t choking you up, it could be that too many treats are causing or aggravating acid reflux, a condition that creates various types of discomfort–from a lump in your throat to indigestion.
A true Renaissance Man, this chancellor of New York Medical College and radiation oncologist has a wide range of interests that embraces everything from pediatric cancers to Jewish history.
A prominent cardiologist and distinguished scholar, academic and administrator, Alan Kadish, MD, is a medical Renaissance man. Kadish became president and CEO of New York Medical College in Valhalla in 2011, when the college joined with the Touro College and University System, though he has been in leadership roles at Touro since 2009.Retia Medical becomes first BioInc@NYMC client to win FDA clearance
December 26, 2018
Deborah Novick, director of BioInc@NYMC, said in a statement that the “recent advancement from Retia Medical is a reflection on the investment we have put into biological and medical innovation in the Hudson Valley.”Westfair Online
Stefania was a 17-year-old Russian girl who presented herself to a port of entry in the United States seeking asylum. Stefania’s journey to this point was an unimaginable one... NYC Health + Hospitals/Metropolitan to get $52M for infrastructure improvements
December 21, 2018
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Bioinc@NYMC Client, Retia Medical, Receives U.S. FDA Clearance for Cardiovascular Monitor
December 21, 2018
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The Kosova College of Surgeons will be modeled based on the American College of Surgeons which was created in 1913. The mission of the Kosova College of Surgeons is to unify all practicing surgeons, residents of surgery and medical students who will pursue surgery in the future.Administrative, network costs doomed New York City health plan startups
December 20, 2018
It's not surprising that administrative costs were a substantial burden for startup plans, Adam Block, Ph.D., an assistant professor of public health at New York Medical College and author of the study, told FierceHealthcare. Startups incur additional costs like office leases and new hires that quickly add up. FierceHealthcare
Sickle Cell Disease: Overview and Emerging Stem Cell Transplant Therapy
December 15, 2018
Mitchell Cairo, MD, Chief of Pediatric Hematology, Oncology and Stem Cell Transplantation at New York Medical College discusses his study at the 2018 American Society of Hematology (ASH) Annual Meeting in San Diego. Sickle cell disease is a group of inherited red blood cells disorders.Check Rate
“According to JAMA Cardiology, the median survival rate after in-hospital cardiac arrests is 23.8 percent, with a wide variance among hospitals,” says David Markenson, M.D., Chair of the Red Cross Scientific Advisory Council, First Aid Task Force member of the International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation (ILCOR), and Medical Director at the New York Medical College Center for Disaster Medicine. 
Recommended: the new publication Giving Voice to Values: How to Speak Your Mind When You Know What’s Right by Carolyn Plum, on giving voice to values for legal professionals, and Ira Bedzow, on medical ethics for healthcare professionals.American Red Cross to Launch New Resuscitation Curriculum to Save More Lives
December 12, 2018
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Years before CRISPR babies, this man was the first to edit human embryos
December 11, 2018
He Jiankui even took part in meetings and ethics symposia meant to determine whether babies should be made. “He spoke, but he didn’t seem to listen,” says Stuart Newman, a biologist at New York Medical College, who attended a January 2017 workshop at Berkeley.Technology Review