March 27, 2025
This is part 2 in a 2-part series about kidney stones. Part 1 laid out their causes and symptoms, along with who is at risk for a stone and how to avoid getting them.
March 26, 2025
The following is part 1 in a 2-part series. Part 2 will focus on advanced treatments used to break up or remove kidney stones.
March 25, 2025
A smaller number of measles infections have been reported in Oklahoma, Vermont and Kentucky, as well as in New Jersey, Pennsylvania and New York City. The majority of these infections have occurred in unvaccinated individuals. Keep reading for the latest vaccine guidance from the New York State and New York City Health Departments.
March 24, 2025
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) occurs when something penetrates your skull and brain, or a traumatic event rattles your brain inside your head. Learn to avoid, identify and treat TBI.
March 20, 2025
A stay-at-home mom is stricken when an aneurysm she never knew she had suddenly ruptures. Thanks to Dr. Ning Lin and the neurosurgery team at NewYork-Presbyterian Queens and New York-Presbyterian Weill Cornell, she is back home with her husband and children, and back to enjoying her normal days.
March 19, 2025
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, norovirus, or “stomach flu,” causes as many as 21 million illnesses each year, leading to 465,000 emergency department visits and 109,000 hospitalizations.
March 18, 2025
Learn how to get better sleep night after night, year after year and when to seek professional help for your bedtime woes.
March 12, 2025
Learn why you should schedule a colonoscopy every 10 years and how to prepare for this screening that may save your life.
March 11, 2025
Obesity was first recognized as a disease by the World Health Organization (WHO) in 1948. It’s a complex, chronic condition that’s rooted in modern life itself—specifically, industrialized agriculture and changes in the way we eat, work, move and live.
March 10, 2025
With the start of spring just weeks away, cold weather is still very much with us in the New York Metropolitan Area. And cold temperatures, especially when combined with wet weather conditions, can be hazardous—mostly to vulnerable people lacking the ability to protect themselves via clean, dry clothing or adequate shelter. Substance use may be part of that picture as well.
