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Explained: How Covid-19 heightens risk of heart attack, stroke
Scientists have found that SARS-CoV-2, the virus behind Covid-19, triggers a dangerous immune respo…
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Scientists rejoice as pig kidney continues to function in human body after 32 days
In a ray of hope for thousands of kidney transplant patients, surgeons at New York University Lango…
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2 more gene-edited pig hearts were just successfully transplanted into humans an early sign that pig transplants could really work
Two humans received pig hearts at NYU this summer. Both patients were already brain-dead and on ven…
Hilary Brueck
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A 22-year-old who lost his lips, eyelids, and fingers in a burning car crash got a new face and hands in the first successful surgery of its kind
Joseph DiMeo of New Jersey suffered burns that few would survive. His rare transplant surgery has b…
Anna Medaris Miller
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An NYU cancer doc fired over Israel-Hamas war posts accuses the medical center of using him as a 'sacrificial lamb'
Benjamin Neel, a doctor who ran the Perlmutter Cancer Center at NYU Langone Health, alleges in his …
Natalie Musumeci
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Hospital chaplains offer solace from the sidelines, as patients ask them: 'Am I going to die alone in here?'
"You really can't overstate the role that isolation has played in this illness," a New York hospita…
Rhea Mahbubani
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NYU's emergency room gave special treatment to donors and VIPs including Chuck Schumer, report says
NYU Langone gave VIPs, such as trustees and donors, preferential treatment while others waited, acc…
Sarah Braner
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NYU doctors describe constant pressure to fast-track VIP patients and 11 staffers have quit over alleged 'preferential treatment,' report says
A New York Times investigation said that trustees, politicians, and their friends and family get sp…
Andrea Michelson
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Johns Hopkins, Yale, and NYU are teaming up to tackle a key bottleneck that will arise as psychedelics come to market
Top academic institutions and the medical establishment are warming up to psychedelic compounds.
Yeji Jesse Lee
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An NYU pathologist says blood clots were found in 'almost every organ' of coronavirus patients' autopsies
When the virus was first discovered, doctors thought COVID-19 was a respiratory disease, but they'v…
Taylor Ardrey
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NYU agrees to allow senior medical students graduate early to help with fight against the novel coronavirus
"In response to the growing spread of COVID-19, and in response to Governor Cuomo's directive to ge…
Sarah Al-Arshani,Sarah Al-Ars…
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NYU is removing thousands of students from dorms and says it wants to be 'in a position to help' if there's a hospital bed shortage
Now, thousands of undergraduates are left in the lurch as the university scrambles to create extra …
Isaac Scher,Isaac Scher
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Here's why Home Depot's billionaire co-founder is helping pay tuition for every NYU med school student
Langone's donation comes at a time when young people have a record amount of debt, fueled largely b…
Allana Akhtar
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NYU's decision to go tuition-free has other top medical schools grappling with how to attract the brightest students
Dr. Neil Gesundheit, the senior associate dean for medical education at Stanford School of Medicine…
Lydia Ramsey,Charlotte Hu
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James Van Der Beek says there's 'no playbook' on how to share news about colorectal cancer diagnosis
"I'm in a good place and feeling strong," the "Dawson's Creek" actor wrote on Instagram. "It's been…
Erin Liam
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The hot trend for billionaire donors: paying for medical school tuition
Michael Bloomberg, whose nonprofit has contributed more than $1.6 billion to the cause, has warned …
Geoff Weiss
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A cardiologist shares 1 simple change you can make to your diet to protect your heart health
Your eating habits today can make a big difference in your risk of heart attack or stroke, a cardio…
Gabby Landsverk
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Americans are just about failing when it comes to nutrition, says a food-as-medicine researcher. A few simple diet tweaks could help.
The American diet hasn't changed much since 1999, a new study found. To prevent disease, Americans …
Julia Naftulin
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A chart shows the most common symptoms of colon cancer in people under 50, as cases in younger people rise
Colon cancer is affecting more younger adults, but it's easy to dismiss symptoms when they have sim…
Kim Schewitz
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A man who lost half of his face in a work accident has received the world's first whole-eye transplant. He may even see out of it one day.
Aaron James was hit with a 7200-volt electric shock in 2021. After the surgery, including the first…