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Reducing Your Drinking During Alcohol Awareness Month

"Dry January” was a great way to kick off the New Year and give your body a break from alcohol, but, says Dr. Mashal Khan, you might consider reducing your alcohol consumption over the long term, building on the momentum you built in January.

Video Recording Available for "Brain Health: Healthy Mind, Healthy Body"

On April 23, speakers, Melissa Lopez, MSN, RN, and Natalie Hellmers, PhD, RN, presented the health seminar, "Brain Health: Healthy Mind, Healthy Body" at the Myra Mahon Patient Resource Center. The seminar explored issues such as: what makes up a healthy brain, the brain over the life course, a look inside the brain, neurological challenges, and ways to stay healthy. Lopez and Hellmers also shared information about the Lifestyle Improvement Fitness and Togetherness (LIFT) program at Weill... Read More

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Infographic: Manage IBS Symptoms by Changing Your Diet

According to the American College of Gastroenterology, 10% to 15% of people in the United States have irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) symptoms. Feel better with healthy dietary choices.

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Every Kid Healthy Week — Health Tips for Parents

For Every Kid Healthy Week, Weill Cornell Medicine is sharing some tips for parents on how to keep their kids healthy.

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Podcast: National Infant Immunization Week

In this episode of Kids Health Cast, Dr. Sean Cullen discusses what parents should know about vaccination guidance during National Infant Immunization Week (NIIW).

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What to Know About Medical Marijuana

When used in medicine, marijuana is a highly regulated botanical that can often help manage cancer symptoms, from nausea and lack of appetite to chronic pain and more. Medical marijuana is one part of a larger movement of using integrative medicine to help cancer patients and survivors enjoy greater comfort, health and well-being.

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Preventing Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) after Unprotected Sex

It’s called PEP, but it isn’t a pep pill or any other type of stimulant. Rather, PEP stands for post-exposure prophylaxis—medication you can take shortly after you’ve been exposed to a sexually transmitted infection (STI).

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Weill Cornell Medicine’s Center for Reproductive Medicine Has Been Ranked by Newsweek as the #1 Fertility Clinic in the Nation

For the second year in a row, Weill Cornell Medicine’s Ronald O. Perelman and Claudia Cohen Center for Reproductive Medicine has topped Newsweek’s list of America’s Best Fertility Clinics. Out of 100 fertility clinics on the magazine’s distinguished list, the Center won the premier spot.

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How a Stroke of Luck, A Few Coincidences, and Good Morning America Helped One Woman Through Leukemia and Beyond

Back in August 2019, Stacy Levy was watching Good Morning America (GMA) with her husband when Dr. Gail Roboz, the Director of the Leukemia Program at Weill Cornell Medicine and NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, appeared on screen to discuss myelodysplastic syndromes also known as MDS.

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Infographic: Understanding Head and Neck Cancers

How much do you know about cancers of the head and neck? Help protect yourself by staying educated.