Patient Care Blog

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Rehabilitation and Support for Addiction & Substance Use

Of the many ways in which the COVID-19 pandemic has affected public health and well-being, substance use and misuse have been paramount, says Jonathan Avery, MD, director of Addiction Psychiatry and associate professor of clinical psychiatry.

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Early Detection is Important in Breast Cancer Care

All women face the risk of breast cancer. But with early detection and diagnosis, the chance of beating breast cancer is greater than 90 percent. For Black women especially, early detection and diagnosis are critical.

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Podcast: Living Donor Liver Transplantation

Benjamin Samstein, MD, Chief of Liver Transplantation and Hepatobiliary Surgery, discusses the living donor liver transplantation program at Weill Cornell Medicine.

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Podcast: Cancer’s Impact on the Heart

Cancer and heart health can be interconnected. Cardio-oncology is an important, emerging field to help cancer patients and survivors manage pre-existing heart disease and better tolerate the cardiac side effects of certain cancer therapies.

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Spinal Cord Stimulation Offers Relief to People with Painful Diabetic Neuropathy

If you live with diabetes, then you may have experienced painful diabetic neuropathy (PDN), a type of nerve damage that causes numbness, burning, or tingling most often in the feet and legs, and sometimes in the hands and arms.

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Infographic: World Heart Day

World Heart Day on September 29th is a global effort to inform the public about the world’s leading cause of death: cardiovascular disease (CVD). Here's how you can help fight cardiovascular disease for yourself and your loved ones.

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Podcast: Childhood Obesity Awareness

Marisa Censani, M.D. and Isabel Reckson CDCES, C.D.N., R.D, discuss what parents should know about childhood obesity

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Weill Cornell Medicine, in Partnership with NewYork-Presbyterian, Opens New Medical Practice in Long Island City

The comprehensive practice, in partnership with NewYork-Presbyterian, expands access to the institutions’ leading physicians in Queens and offers a one-stop destination for some of the most in-demand specialties for adults and children.

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National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month

An obesity epidemic is gripping the United States, and a significant percentage of those living with the condition are children.

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Managing Cancer Pain

You or someone you love has cancer. Naturally, you are worried about pain, which is why it is important to get as much information as soon as possible about pain relief.