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New York, NY May 10, 2021 As researchers learn more about the brain, it has become clear that responsive neurostimulation is becoming increasingly effective at probing neural circuit function and treating neuropsychiatric disorders, such as epilepsy and Parkinson s disease. But current approaches to designing a fully implantable and biocompatible device able to make such interventions have major limitations: their resolution isn t high enough and most require large, bulky components that make implantation difficult with risk of complications.
The New York Academy of Medicine Welcomes Five New Trustees
Healthcare, Business & Academic Leaders Join Health Equity-Focused Nonprofit
New York, NY, May 06, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) The New York Academy of Medicine (NYAM) has announced the appointment of five new members to its Board of Trustees. The new Trustees hold leadership roles across health systems, healthcare business and academic medicine:
Martine Ferland, President and Chief Executive Officer, Mercer
Julia Iyasere, MD, MBA, Executive Director, the Dalio Center for Health Justice, NewYork-Presbyterian
Jennifer H. Mieres, MD, FACC, MASNC, FAHA, Professor of Cardiology, Occupational Medicine, Epidemiology & Prevention and Associate Dean of Faculty Affairs, Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell
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The inaugural Women at Weill investment competition recently selected Intellihealth, a comprehensive medical obesity treatment platform co-founded by Dr. Katherine Saunders, assistant professor of clinical medicine at Weill Cornell Medicine, as its first winner.
Hosted by Weill Cornell Medicine s BioVenture eLab in collaboration with AmplifyHer Ventures, a venture capital fund that invests in early-stage businesses built by outstanding women, the competition aimed to highlight exceptional women innovators at the academic medical institution. As winner, the Intellihealth team presented at the 2021 Weill Cornell Startup Symposium, which took place virtually in February, and will receive investment funding from AmplifyHer. We re really honored and grateful that we were chosen, said Dr. Saunders, who is also an obesity expert at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center and a Weill Cornell Medical College alumna. The majority of our team are women, so it s exciting
Eat These Foods to Lower Your Blood Pressure Naturally
When we think about trying to lower high blood pressure, we usually think of limiting salt and processed foods. But a heart healthy diet is more than just lowering your sodium intake. The DASH (Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension) diet, which is specifically designed to help manage blood pressure, emphasizes eating many fruits, vegetables, low-fat dairy, and other fiber-rich foods.
“The DASH diet is heart healthy and is rich in foods that have a high content of calcium, magnesium, potassium, protein, and fiber,” explains Marwah Abdalla, MD, MPH, a cardiologist at New York-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center. These nutrients are essential to lowering blood pressure naturally. That said, incorporating these cardiologist-approved foods into your diet, along with taking prescribed medication and following a regular exercise routine, can help lower your blood pressure.
Jingjing Shang
Nurse, researcher, mother, immigrant, wife-those are just a few of the identities juggled on any given day by Jingjing Shang, PhD, RN, a professor in the School of Nursing. As a young girl growing up in southern China, Shang flourished in school, her interests in math and scientific research nurtured by parents who were teachers.
While she liked caring for people and was also interested in research, she never thought of becoming a nurse when growing up because nurses were considered assistants to physicians at that time. But in her high school senior year she learned at an information session for Peking Union Medical College (PUMC), her dream school, that she could combine nursing care with research. Shang earned a bachelor of science in nursing from PUMC and after graduation worked for three years as an hematology nurse.