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Podcast: Helping Your Kids Manage Holiday Stress

In this episode of Kids Health Cast, Dr. Shannon Bennett discusses how families can manage stress during the holidays.

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Infographic: Reduce Stress and Health Risks This Holiday Season

The holiday season can be stressful, especially with a triple epidemic of flu, RSV and COVID-19 upon us. Follow these tips to reduce stress and stay healthy this winter.

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10 Ways to Keep your Child’s Digestive Tract Healthy this Holiday Season

Stuffing and candy and pie, oh my! ‘Tis the season for overeating, and for eating too many of the “wrong” foods without enough of the right ones to counterbalance them. Seasonal excess is tough enough for our adult digestive tracts to handle, but our children may have an even harder time digesting all those tempting, less-than-healthy holiday offerings.

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Podcast: Breast Reinnervation Surgery

In this episode of Back to Health, Dr. Lisa Gfrerer discusses what patients should know about breast reinnervation surgery.

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Pediatric Specialists Rally Around Boy Through Growth Challenges

Luka Zylik is one busy and talented 10-year-old.  He loves to sing, dance and act. He attends a music school in New York City where he plays the violin and piano and performs in the Metropolitan Opera Children's Chorus.  Without a doubt, Luka is a flourishing fifth grader, thanks to his exceptional care team at Weill Cornell Medicine and his mother’s determination to make sure he has always been in the best hands.  

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Infographic: National Influenza Vaccination Week

Do your part to help protect your family and yourself this holiday season. Get your annual flu vaccine during National Influenza Vaccination Week that runs December 6-12, 2022.

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Over-the-Counter Hearing Aids: What Your Audiologist Wants You to Know

On October 17, 2022, over-the-counter (OTC) hearing aids became available at pharmacies, big box stores and some audiology offices across the country. That means consumers now have access to an affordable hearing aid option, one that may be beneficial for individuals 18 and older with mild-to-moderate hearing loss who have trouble understanding speech in difficult listening environments.

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Clean Up for National Handwashing Awareness Week

You were always told to wash your hands. Just in case you need a reminder, December 5–11, 2022, is National Handwashing Awareness Week. This annual focus on handwashing couldn’t come at a better time.

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Podcast: Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD) in Infants and Children

In this episode of Kids Health Cast, Thomas Ciecierega, M.D. discusses what parents should know about GERD (Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease) in infants and children.

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Podcast: Leonard List 2022

Dr. John Leonard shares his list of the 10 most interesting and impactful lymphoma and blood cancer abstracts to be presented at the 2022 meeting of the American Society of Hematology (ASH). This episode also features 5 “bonus” podcast-only abstract selections in addition to offering extra insight into one of this year’s plenary sessions.