Michael Banks, MD, discusses a recent study that details the inconsistencies of antiviral treatment in children hospitalized with an influenza infection, despite recommendations from the Centers for Disease...
Diane E. Meier, MD, FACP, Director, Center to Advance Palliative Care, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, expounds on a new medical specialty called palliative care. Palliative care focuses on...
Indra Cidambi, MD, determining whether a patient may have a genetic predisposition to substance abuse prior to writing them a prescription, as well as developing a treatment plan appropriate to the...
Michael Banks, MD, discusses a recent study that examined adult immunity to influenza tied to strains of the virus that patients were exposed to as children, and how this exposure could be used to build a...
Santosh Kesari, MD, PhD, discusses precision medicine and the goal to tailor medical treatments to each patient’s individual genetic profile and biology.
Camillo Ricordi, MD, discusses different versions of a a bioengineered “mini organ” for islet transplantation that that mimics the native pancreas and could eliminate the need for insulin therapy for type 1...