In what follows, Dr. Joseph Del Pizzo answers your FAQs and provides additional information for anyone considering donating a kidney, as well as for those in need of one.

Pathology has a crucial place in the medical field working behind the scenes to ensure patients and their care teams have the most up-to-date information.

In this episode of Back to Health, Dr. Robert McInnis discusses the latest novel treatments for seizures and epilepsy

The headache came from out of nowhere — the stabbing pain was like an ice pick in 17-year-old Aeris Clarkson’s head. “It just wouldn’t stop,” she recalls now. “It would be once a minute, or sometimes every fifteen seconds, a stabbing pain, again and again. I couldn’t do anything, it was so bad.” Her worried mom took her to the emergency room, where doctors told the teen that her headache was probably hormonal and gave her migraine medication. The pain started again in the car on the way home.

"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.

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 Cornell Medicine.

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.