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 E-Mail New York, NY (March 5, 2021) - Overweight children who were exposed to lead in utero and during their first weeks of life have the potential for poorer kidney function in adulthood, according to an Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai study published in Environment International in March. The study found that children with high body mass indexes who had been exposed to lead had lower estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR), a measure of how well the kidneys are filtering or cleaning the blood. The researchers measured blood levels during mothers' pregnancy and later measured ...

 E-Mail New York, NY (February 26, 2020) - Molecules called microRNAs (miRNAs) that are measurable in urine have been identified by researchers at Mount Sinai as predictors of both heart and kidney health in children without disease. The epidemiological study of Mexican children was published in February in the journal Epigenomics. "For the first time, we measured in healthy children the associations between urinary miRNAs and cardiorenal outcomes, including blood pressure, urinary sodium and potassium levels, and eGFR [estimated glomerular filtration rate, a measure of how well the kidneys...

Mount Sinai Health System Launches Center for Light and Health Research Share Article The clinical research conducted through the Mount Sinai Center for Light and Health Research will investigate how to use light to improve people’s lives by stabilizing their circadian rhythms, the natural internal clock that regulates the body’s sleep-wake cycle. Researchers will study how light, either from daylight or electric indoor light, affects circadian rhythms in various populations, from the very young to the very old, including patients with COVID-19 and cancer. ...

Here is a list of the special guests who took part in the town hall: 5 p.m. Dr. Purvi Parikh - MD Dr. Parikh specializes in Infectious Disease Allergy and Immunology, and Pediatric Allergy & Immunology. She's the Co-founder of the Parikh Institute of Research, where she's a principal investigator who conducts clinical trials for adult and pediatric patients who suffer from allergies, asthma or immunology problems. Ugo A. Ezenkwele - MD, MPH, FACEP Chief of Emergency Medicine at Mount Sinai Queens and Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine and Vice Chair for Diversity and Inclusion at Icahn...