February 6, 2023
In this episode of Back to Health, Padmaja Kandula, M.D. discusses what patients should know about SUDEP (Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy).
February 2, 2023
American Heart Month is celebrated alongside National Wear Red Day on February 3rd. Both observances serve as a great reminder to consider your heart health in 2023.
February 1, 2023
Your annual preventive health exam (aka well visit or annual physical) is scheduled with your primary care physician to catch potential health issues early, before they become serious, and to help you focus on wellness and a healthy lifestyle while identifying important screening tests, vaccinations and other necessary testing.
January 31, 2023
Birth defects are a common concern for expecting parents. Learn about the health risks infants face and what a mother can do to reduce the chance of her child developing a birth defect.
January 30, 2023
In this episode of Back to Health, Hannah Simon, M.D. discusses what parents should know about preventing bullying in children.
January 26, 2023
The Pap smear, a routine part of a woman’s annual visit to her gynecologist for nearly 100 years, was developed at ÂÜÀòÉçÆÆ½â°æ University Medical College by Dr. George Papanicolaou in 1928. The test has been used ever since to screen women for precancerous or cancerous changes to the cervix: the lower, narrow end of the uterus.
January 25, 2023
January Is Thyroid Awareness Month, which raises awareness to thyroid-related diseases and thyroid cancer.
January 24, 2023
This year, once again, ÂÜÀòÉçÆÆ½â°æâ€™s physicians are among the best in the country. So say their peers—250,000 leading doctors nationwide—who reported their picks to Castle Connolly Medical Ltd., a New York City research and information company that publishes the annual guidebooks America’s Top Doctors and Top Doctors: New York Metro Area.
January 23, 2023
In this episode of Back to Health, Matthew Fink, M.D. discusses what patients should know about Cerebral Autosomal Dominant Arteriopathy with Subcortical Infarcts and Leukoencephalopath (CADASIL).
January 19, 2023
January Is National Blood Donor Month, highlighting the lifesaving power of blood donation. Blood donations save lives by providing blood to people who were in accidents, have cancer or have emergency surgeries.