October 4, 2023
Arlene Packles had a violent cough. It didn’t sound quite human. It was like a seal’s bark or a car engine in trouble. And a round of coughing could last for an entire hour. Packles’ illness began in 2020, just when the COVID-19 pandemic began its inexorable sweep across the country. A woman with a severe cough wasn’t unusual back then. The novel coronavirus—SARS-CoV-2—tended to push other respiratory conditions to the margins, at least at first. But there was another reason why it took a while... Read More
October 3, 2023
Dr. Larissa Rodríguez, Chair of Urology at Weill Cornell Medicine and Urologist-in-Chief at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital and Weill Cornell Medical Center, recently presented a webinar for patients on the topic of female pelvic health.
October 2, 2023
In this episode of Back to Health, Alina Boltunova, M.D. discusses what patients should know about managing pain in the back and spine.
September 28, 2023
The diagnosis and treatment of heart disease in women used to be modeled on men’s experiences. That was problematic, it turns out, as there are important differences in the ways women and men experience a heart attack, says cardiologist Dr. Nupoor Narula, an Assistant Professor of Medicine and Director of the Women’s Heart Program at Weill Cornell Medicine.
September 27, 2023
Throughout his life, Darius always felt sick. Diagnosed at birth with sickle cell disease, Darius’s childhood “normal” entailed frequent doctor appointments, and as he aged and the disease worsened, hospital stays nearly once a month.
September 27, 2023
Runny noses are common in babies. Learn more about the causes, symptoms, treatments, and when to call a health care provider.
September 26, 2023
Don’t call it a booster. Think of the new COVID-19 vaccine as an updated formula akin to an annual flu vaccine, which targets whatever is circulating that season. The new COVID vaccines, manufactured by Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna and Novavax, are designed to protect against recent variants of SARS-CoV-2—namely, XBB and other Omicron spinoffs, including EG.5. They’re monovalent vaccines, meaning that they contain one strain of the virus, not two.
September 25, 2023
In this episode of Kids Health Cast, Julia Cron, M.D., FACOG discusses what parents and patients should know about contraception.
September 21, 2023
The National Library of Medicine defines pain as a signal in your nervous system that something may be wrong. It may come in the form of a sting, burn or ache, and it may be sharp or dull. It may come and go, or it may be constant. You may feel pain in one area of your body, or you may feel it all over.
September 19, 2023
There are so many sources of information out there that it is sometimes difficult to separate fact from fiction, especially when it comes to topics that are not typically discussed, such as issues that may affect your urinary tract and sexual function.
