September 10, 2024
September is National Food Safety Education Month. Beef up your knowledge to protect your gut and overall health.
September 9, 2024
On August 22, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the recently updated mRNA vaccines for adults and children 12 and older and granted emergency use authorization for children ages 6 months to 11 years. The updated vaccines include a component that targets the currently circulating variant of the coronavirus that causes COVID-19. The FDA’s announcement comes just in time for fall, when respiratory viruses tend to cause greater numbers of infections than they do during the warmer... Read More
September 6, 2024
On Wednesday, September 11, from 7:00-8:00 p.m., Weill Cornell Medicine will host the first in a series of “SAFE Conversations”—a monthly discussion series focusing on substance use disorders.
September 5, 2024
September is Blood Cancer Awareness Month. Learn more about blood cancers on the Cleveland Clinic website. The Cleveland Clinic reports that blood cancers represent about 10% of all cancers diagnosed in the USA each year and an estimated 3% of all cancer-related deaths. ... Read More
September 5, 2024
Polycystic ovary syndrome can cause infertility, heart disease and more. Speak up and get proper care to help manage the condition.
September 4, 2024
Do you pay attention to your sexual health? Learn what a healthy relationship looks like and how to prevent, recognize and treat STIs.
September 3, 2024
In this episode of Back to Health, Dr. Moises Dominguez discusses what patients should know about chronic migraine.
August 28, 2024
A lot has happened for Alexandra Lebenthal in the past seven years. In 2016 she became our first patient treated with MRI-guided focused ultrasound (FUS) after the FDA approved it for essential tremor. Since then, she and her husband, Jay, have moved to a new apartment; two of their three children have graduated from college, and the third — a middle-schooler in 2016 — is now a college sophomore. Most importantly, Alexandra has grown happily accustomed to having her dominant (left) hand be... Read More
August 27, 2024
If your diverticulitis doesn’t improve with treatment, or if it leads to complications such as those described above, you may need surgery to remove part of your colon.
August 26, 2024
Abnormal uterine bleeding (AUB) is any bleeding that’s excessive, bothersome or outside what a woman would consider normal during menstruation, or any bleeding between periods.
