Gross Anatomy Memorial Service: Teaching Medicine After Death

Weill Cornell Medical College first-year student Timothy Shea knows full well that the doctor-patient relationship is at the heart of medicine — a message that students can easily lose sight of amid the demands of medical school. Then he took Gross Anatomy. “”After months of learning countless anatomical structures, the practice of medicine can begin… Read More

Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Health System Name New Chair of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Women's Health

Sharmila Makhija, M.D., M.B.A., has been named professor and chair of the Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Women’s Health at Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Health System. An internationally-recognized expert in cancer prevention, she assumes her new position on April 1, 2015. Dr. Makhija joins Einstein and Montefiore from the University of… Read More

Exploring arts, humanities is now mandatory for UB medical students

Since Hippocrates, medical practice has been seen as both science and art. In the 21 century, amid ever-greater scientific advances, medical schools are working to maintain balance between the two, developing new ways to highlight the art of medicine. On Dec. 5, first-year medical students at the University at Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical… Read More

Junior High Students Learn at Mount Sinai Through Hands-On Experience

One hospital is trying to get young teens interested in medicine, and it begins with the scalpel. Some junior high school students got a chance to dissect sheep brains as part of a program that’s inspiring would-be doctors. It’s not exactly your typical day at school but these 7th and 8th graders are spending the… Read More

NYIT Medical Students Deliver Hands-On Care at Health Screening Events

NYIT College of Osteopathic Medicine students delivered coast-to-coast hands-on health care last week, demonstrating their volunteer spirit and patient care skills for homeless adults and children in Seattle and athletes in Levittown, NY. In Seattle, 120 students equipped with blood pressure cuffs and stethoscopes arrived at the Seattle Union Gospel Mission, a men’s shelter, and… Read More

Translational Research: Lab Vs. Real World HIV Prevention

With the help of animations, Betsy Herold, M.D. shows why some drugs that prevented HIV and herpes transmission in the lab failed to protect women in clinical trials. See how proteins in semen act as an “invisibility cloak” for HIV and herpes viruses allowing them to bypass drugs and infect cells. Using lab techniques informed… Read More

Comprehensive Study of Allergic Deaths in U.S. Finds Medications are Main Culprit

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Medications are the leading cause of allergy-related sudden deaths in the U.S., according to an analysis of death certificates from 1999 to 2010, conducted by researchers at Montefiore Medical Center and Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University. The study, published online today in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, also found that… Read More