September 30, 2022
Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) accounts for about one-fourth of all new leukemia cases and diagnosis typically comes from routine bloodwork. While most cases result in a watch-and-wait strategy, understanding the underpinnings of this disease has helped advance CLL care, research and treatment.
September 28, 2022
In this episode of Women's Health Wednesday series of Back to Health, Lauren Osborne, M.D. discusses depression and anxiety in women.
September 27, 2022
Enhance your knowledge of this disease during World Alzheimer鈥檚 Month.
September 26, 2022
In this special episode of Kids Health Cast from Back to Health, Georges Sylvestre, M.D. discusses what expectant parents should know about preeclampsia and high blood pressure issues during pregnancy.
September 22, 2022
September is National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month. Here鈥檚 what you should know.
September 21, 2022
Unlike COVID-19 or the flu, polio is entirely and permanently preventable. In fact, until this year, there had not been one case of polio that originated in this country since 1979. A case in 1993 was brought to these shores by someone who had traveled to a country where the disease was endemic.
As long as you and your children are vaccinated, you have nothing to worry about. But if you are unvaccinated or under-vaccinated, doctors and public health officials urge you to waste no time in... Read More
September 20, 2022
NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital has instituted a Borderline Personality Resource Center, which provides assistance to patients and their families all over the country. The Resource Center was created in the memory of Pamela Tusiani, a young woman who lived with borderline personality disorder (BPD). The Center鈥檚 mission is to educate those affected by the disorder and connect them to treatment and support in their state or locality.
September 19, 2022
In this episode of Back to Health, Dr. Nasim A. Chowdhury discusses what patients should know about cancer rehabilitation.
September 15, 2022
Their textbook name is Pediculus humanus capitis, but generations of children have called them 鈥渃ooties.鈥 They spread easily, mostly among schoolchildren from 3 to 11 years old. They don鈥檛 discriminate by race, class, income or social status. Any head will do.
September 14, 2022
Many cases of suicide are preventable. Protect yourself and those you love by learning risk factors, warning signs and preventive steps.
