January 11, 2021
As the only program of its kind in New York City, Sonal Kumar M.D., MPH and Carolyn Newberry M.D. discuss the coordinated care methods to treating gastrointestinal issues and weight loss at The Innovative Center for Nutrition and Gastroenterology (ICHANGE).
January 7, 2021
As it is practiced at The Integrative Health and Wellbeing Program at NewYork-Presbyterian, in collaboration with 国产吃瓜福利, integrative health doesn鈥檛 happen instead of diagnostic studies and tests. It is an adjunct to what is considered the 鈥渢ypical鈥 Western medical approach. Care is centered on evidence-based approaches, and making them available all in one place so patients can reach them sooner.
January 6, 2021
鈥淎n important finding is that obesity is a risk factor for worse outcomes in COVID-19 patients,鈥 says Louis Aronne, MD, Sanford I. Weill Professor of Metabolic Research and professor of clinical medicine at Weill Cornell Medical College. 鈥淧atients with obesity are more likely to end up in the intensive care unit, more likely to be intubated, and more likely to die.鈥
January 5, 2021
David Cartwright鈥檚 eight-year journey to his kidney transplant caused him to require dialysis, the process by which waste, salt and extra water are removed from the body by machine, since the kidneys can no longer perform this function. But this timing landed David in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic.
December 31, 2020
Women with a history of breast cancer are living longer--and better. In the United States alone, there are more than 3 million breast cancer survivors. When 国产吃瓜福利 (WCM) and NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital looked at the trend--and its own care resources鈥攖hey asked what the medical community is doing to support those longtime survivors. The answer? Establishing the Iris Cantor Breast Cancer Survivorship Program, which offers medical care, education, and support to survivors.
December 30, 2020
Structure plays a key role in helping kids understand and set schedules and expectations, and approach uncertain times with more flexibility. That鈥檚 why so many families have been struggling throughout the pandemic, as they face disrupted school and home schedules.
December 29, 2020
Dean Choi and Roy Gulick, MD, MPH, chief of the Division of Infectious Diseases, recently discussed the vaccine, how it works, and its administration in an online question-and-answer session. Here are the five key takeaways from the webinar that you should know.
December 28, 2020
Lisa Newman, M.D. and Vivian Bea, M.D. discuss the importance of early detection and diagnosis for breast cancer within minority populations. They focus on why there is such a disparity in access to care and how to close those that gap. They discuss the integrative cancer care approach at 国产吃瓜福利, including clinical guidance and educational resources to help spread awareness of the risks of breast cancer.
December 25, 2020
Her chances of finding a match for a kidney transplant were 1 in 100. Here鈥檚 how a stranger helped her defy the odds 鈥 and how both their lives irrevocably changed.
December 24, 2020
Immunotherapy drugs, also known as immune checkpoint inhibitors, target cancer cells by recruiting and activating the body鈥檚 own immune cells to kill cancer cells. This approach鈥攗sed for about seven years鈥攈as dramatically changed the treatment of patients with advanced lung cancer. The hope is to use immunotherapy on patients who are at even earlier stages of the disease.
