NEWS

NEW GRANT SUPPORTS COGNITIVE RISK-BENEFIT ANALYSIS OF PLAYING SOCCER

Sept 22, 2022

Researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine have now received a five-year, $3.4 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to assess the tradeoffs between soccer’s aerobic brain benefits and the adverse effects from heading in a study employing neuroimaging, exercise testing, and cognitive testing.

BRONXNET

EFFECTS OF COVID-19 ON THE BRAIN

June 8, 2022

Albert Einstein College of Medicine researchers have been awarded a five-year, $3.5 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to study the effects of COVID-19 on the brains of adults who had mild or asymptomatic infection. Using neuroimaging, cognitive, and immunological tests, the investigators will examine if SARS-CoV-2 infection induces lasting changes in the brain and affects neurocognitive function.line.

LONG COVID: NERVE DAMAGE MAY ARISE FROM IMMUNE SYSTEM DYSFUNCTION

March 11, 2022

Michael Lipton, M.D., Ph.D., notes the limitations of a small study linking nerve damage in long COVID to immune dysfunction, but says the underlying mechanism causing neuropathy is likely related to inflammation or autoimmunity. Dr. Lipton is professor of radiology and associate director of the Gruss Magnetic Resonance Research Center at Einstein, and director of MRI Services at Montefiore.

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STAT

PATIENTS AND DOCTORS ARE CLASHING ABOUT SIDE EFFECTS OF HORMONAL BIRTH CONTROL

December 6, 2021

Michael Lipton, M.D., Ph.D., and June Ng, M.D., comment on the lack of data about possible side effects of hormonal contraception. Dr. Lipton is professor of radiology and associate director of the Gruss Magnetic Resonance Research Center at Einstein, and director of MRI Services at Montefiore. Dr. Ng is a fellow in complex family planning and a clinical instructor in obstetrics, gynecology, and women's health at Einstein and Montefiore.

GENE TEST MIGHT SPOT SOCCER PLAYERS AT HIGH RISK FOR BRAIN TROUBLE

January 27, 2020

A gene mutation implicated in the risk for Alzheimer's disease might also impair memory in soccer players who head the ball a lot, according to a new study conducted by researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, part of Montefiore.

MEDSCAPE

ORAL CONTRACEPTION LINKED TO SMALLER HYPOTHALMUS

December 13, 2019

The hypothalamus, located at the base of the brain, is involved in regulating body temperature, sleep, thirst and hunger. Michael Lipton, M.D., Ph.D., used MRI to assess the size of the hypothalamus in 21 women taking oral contraceptives (“The Pill”) and in 29 nonusers. Women taking oral contraceptives were found to have significantly smaller hypothalamuses compared with nonusers.

SOCCER HEADING WORSE FOR WOMEN'S BRAINS THAN MEN'S

August 3, 2018

Women’s brains are much more vulnerable than men’s to injury from repeated soccer heading, according to a new study by researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, part of Montefiore. The study found that regions of damaged brain tissue were five times more extensive in female soccer players than in males, suggesting that sex-specific guidelines may be warranted for preventing soccer-related head injuries. The results were published online today in Radiology.