Updated on Jun 30, 2022 | Inside, Your Health
Charles L. Shapiro, MD, a renowned breast cancer researcher and clinician, has been named Co-Director of the Dubin Breast Center, Director of Translational Breast Cancer Research for the Mount Sinai Health System, and Director of Survivorship Programs at The Tisch Cancer Institute at Mount Sinai.
“As a nationally recognized leader in breast medical oncology and research, Dr. Shapiro will have a pivotal role in advancing breast cancer treatment and care for our patients,” says Elisa Port, MD, Chief of Breast Surgery and Co-Director of the Dubin Breast Center at The Tisch Cancer Institute.
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Oct 13, 2014 | Health Tips, Your Health
Blending or juicing fruit and vegetables has become incredibly popular for people hoping to improve their health, not without good reason. When attempting to consume a diet that is based in plant-foods, drinks made of these things can serve as an appropriate quick fix.
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Oct 2, 2014 | Health Tips, Your Health
Breast Cancer Awareness Month comes to us in October, a time when the cooling weather and change in seasonal produce lead us to reach for our favorite fall comfort foods. Spiced ciders, doughnuts, and pumpkin everything are a few of the season’s best indulgences, but as indulgences they should remain, or we’ll find ourselves entering the holidays with bloated stomachs and ill-fitting clothes.
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Updated on Jun 30, 2022 | Inside, Research, School
Two newly identified proteins that appear to play a critical role in the development of aggressive triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) could also lead to potential new treatments, according to scientists at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, the University of Kentucky, MD Anderson Cancer Center, and several medical centers in China.
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Updated on Jun 30, 2022 | Health Tips, Your Health
Allium vegetables comprise approximately 500 species, the most common including onions, leeks, garlic, chives, and shallots. They have been valued throughout history for their flavor as well as their medicinal properties. Rich in health-promoting flavanols and organosulfur compounds, alliums have increasingly attracted the interest of the medical community for their potential to play a part in preventing cancer.
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Charles L. Shapiro, MD, a renowned breast cancer researcher and clinician, has been named Co-Director of the Dubin Breast Center, Director of Translational Breast Cancer Research for the Mount Sinai Health System, and Director of Survivorship Programs at The Tisch Cancer Institute at Mount Sinai.
