Mount Sinai Hospital

A firefighter runs from the collapsing World Trade Center on Sep. 11, 2001 (credit: Jose Jimenez/Primera Hora/Getty Images)

Study: 9/11 Responders Have Higher Cancer Risk

Among nearly 21,000 rescue and recovery workers, the overall cancer rate is 15 percent higher than the general population, according to a new study.

2013/04/23

Robert Woo shows off his exoskeleton at Mount Sinai - Dec. 6, 2012 (credit: Marla Diamond / WCBS 880)

Mount Sinai Unveils Exoskeleton That Allows Paralyzed Patients To Walk

It looks like a body brace with a remote control and gizmos at the knees that resemble shotguns. It has motors and the hips and knees that provide the power necessary for someone to stand and walk.

2012/12/06

Operating Room (credit: Clipart.com, FILE)

Lawsuit Claims O.R. Tech Often Watched Porn On Smartphone While On Job

Sandra Morris, who used to operate the complicated heart and lung machines that keep a patient alive during heart surgery, said Ahmed Cercioglu harassed her and created a hostile work environment.

2012/08/14

Stories From Main Street: Tenafly Teen Part Of Autism Clinical Trial

For any parent of a child with autism, hope can be found in a red-haired freckle-faced girl named Rebecca Singer from Tenafly, WCBS 880′s Sean Adams reported.

2012/07/16

Eder Loor (credit:: Marla Diamond/WCBS 880)

Eder Loor, NYPD Officer Stabbed In The Head, Released From Hospital

Doctors said the knife penetrated his temple and went through his skull and into his brain, but narrowly missed vitals areas and a main artery. “I’m just happy that I’m alive,” Loor said today.

2012/05/02

Officer Eder Loor (credit: CBS 2 | inset: Personal Photo)

NYPD Officer Stabbed In E. Harlem Expected To Make Full Recovery

Doctors said that though the knife went into his brain, it narrowly missed vitals areas and a main artery.

2012/04/18

Commissioner: NYPD Officer Eder Loor ‘Alert’ Following Surgery For Head Stab Wound

NYPD Police Commissioner Ray Kelly described what happened, saying Loor was “stabbed in his left temple with a knife that penetrated his skull.”

2012/04/17

Mount Sinai Hospital's extra-special emergency room (Credit: CBS 2)

Mount Sinai Hospital Boasts One-Of-A-Kind Emergency Room For The Elderly

Unlike most emergency rooms where you can’t tell day from night, this one has artificial skylights that change with the time of day. It also has non-skid floors, rails on the walls, quiet monitors and iPads that allow patients a touch of technology.

2012/04/15

Transplant Saves Baby Boy From Fatal Liver Disease

“He was diagnosed with a very rare disease neonatal hemochromatosis and speaking to the doctors, there’s been 30 cases in the last 20 yrs in the U.S.,” said father Hussain Gadit.

2011/12/30

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