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McCall receives first MLK leadership award
Arts & Theater: Former State Comptroller and erstwhile gubernatorial candidate, H. Carl McCall, has received SUNY Downstate Medical Center’s first Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Leadership Award. Comment.
Leave legacy of health; not just wealth
People: The current state of our economy has raised questions about whether today’s kids will be better or worse off than their parents. But, as a physician and father, I question whether they will be healthy enough to even live longer than their parents. Comment.
Key Brooklyn hospitals under threst of closure
Brooklyn: Brooklyn’s hospitals are in a precarious state. Four of our borough’s 16 hospitals are failing and will close if not merged with other, more financially stable ones. Comment.
Tips for men to stay healthy as they age
Health: With age comes wisdom. Unfortunately, it also comes with an increased threat of developing certain health problems. Comment.
Rare diseases affect millions of American families
Health: One in 10 Americans is currently affected by a rare disease. For these people, getting properly diagnosed and treated can be a challenge. Comment.
Touro College honors C. Virginia Fields
Bronx: Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine (TouroCOM) honored former Manhattan Borough President C. Virginia Fields, president & CEO of the National Black Leadership Commission on AIDS, Inc. (NBCLA), at an event on Tuesday, Feb. 7, at the Harlem medical school in commemoration of National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day. Comment.
Great tips for Heart Health Month
Health: For most people, February conjures up images of red hearts, candy and messages to loved ones. But, did you know February is also American Heart Month? Comment.
Prostate operation without the knife
Health: “It’s like having a prostate operation but “without” the operation.” That’s the way many patients, who had experienced the TherMatrx microwave thermotherapy treatment of their enlarged and symptomatic prostates expressed themselves. They had been prepared to undergo surgery in the hospital with anesthesia as treatment and were fully aware of the surgical risks and the need to wear a catheter after the operation. The microwave treatment made all that unnecessary. Comment.
What can we do for the children?
People: Macy’s celebrates Black History Month with special events honoring the legacy of famed artist Romare Bearden. Comment.
Coloring the Great White Way
People: In the early 1900s, Broadway was known as The Great White Way for good reason. Since then, however, the African-American community has made great inroads. Over the years, African-American actors and actresses have won over 70 Tony awards, Broadway’s highest honor, in numerous categories, displaying their talents on the stage as brightly as the lights on Broadway. Here’s the who’s who of Broadway’s African-American royalty. Comment.
Faith and service in the field of medicine
People: Dr. Carla Boutin-Foster knows how it feels to be without money. An immigrant from Haiti, Boutin-Foster was raised in a single-parent home in Jamaica, Queens by a mother who held two jobs. Comment.
Are you getting enough vitamins?
Health: We can’t control every aspect of our health, but we can help protect ourselves against many common ailments and diseases simply by getting the recommended daily essential vitamins and minerals. Comment.
Access to affordable birth control
Health: Planned Parenthood of New York City applauds the decision by the United States Department of Health and Human Services to ensure access to affordable birth control, and not further expand the refusal provision to the birth control coverage benefit under the Affordable Care Act. Comment.
Senate bill strengthens penalties for child abusers
People: The New York State Senate this week voted unanimously in support of legislation to protect children by deterring abuse through strengthening penalties for those who sexually abuse a minor under the age of 14. Comment.
Brooklyn doctor quells HPV vaccine concerns
Guyana: Concerns raised by Guyanese parents in the New York area about the side-effects of the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) vaccine that was launched among school-age girls in Georgetown, was quickly quelled by Guyana-born gynecologist, Dr. Mahendranaugh Sohan during a recent interview in his downtown Brooklyn office. Comments (1).
Still Sick In The City
People: Half of working New Yorkers report that their employers do not provide paid sick leave. Comment.
High blood pressure problems
Health: Dear Dr. Eva, Comment.
How to perk-up in SAD times
Health: Dear Dr. Eva, Comment.
Ignore the symptoms at your own peril
Health: Ignoring the symptoms of prostate enlargement is a mistake that becomes increasingly more costly the longer the condition is allowed to continue untreated. The symptoms develop slowly and are often considered just the effects of getting older. The consequence of ignoring the symptoms and putting off proper and appropriate evaluation and treatment can become disastrous if the situation is allowed to progress for a prolonged period of time. Comment.
Bladder stones, an ancient affliction
Health: Stones in the urinary bladder have been a topic written about for all of recorded history. This painful affliction has plagued mankind since antiquity. Comment.
New Year, new body: Tips to getting started
Health: Q: What advice would you give to someone just starting out in the gym? – Jimmy G. Comment.
HIV therapy, clean living means long life
Health: Several new studies confirm the benefits and safety of optimized HIV therapy. One study shows that those with HIV who don’t take their HIV medications or who abuse drugs and alcohol are likely to live significantly shorter lives. The research also shows that those with HIV without these risk factors can live as long as those without HIV. Another study shows that over the long-term, HIV antivirals are relatively safe to take. Comment.
Winter blues: Beat post-holiday stress
Health: The holiday season is one of the most enjoyable times of the year for many people. For others, however, this can be a very stressful time of year—especially as the holidays wind down and the bills come in. If this is how you feel, understand that you’re not alone. Far more people than you realize—up to 80 percent, according to some polls—say the holidays leave them feeling stressed out. Comment.
Black women at greater risk for certain cancers
Health: Researchers have identified a genetic risk factor for two types of breast cancer that largely affects women of African descent. The cancers can carry a worse prognosis than other forms of the disease. However, the discovery could also lead to better screening and treatments for the cancers. Comment.
Obama Administration’s tips for food satety
Queens: The Obama Administration recently released a progress report on efforts to protect consumers from foodborne illness. Comment.
Multiple benefits of Curcumin
Health: Some time ago, I received a letter from a reader inquiring about the use of Turmeric, a spice often used in Asia as a medicinal. Thinking back to the days in the nineteenth century, when charlatans were selling “Snake Oil” for the treatment of every known ailment and some that were not yet known, I advised her that I would check into the matter and let her know if and when further information became available. Comments (1).
New Year’s resolutions and weight loss
Health: Q: I’m determined to lose weight in 2012. Can you recommend a diet to help me lose weight quickly? Comment.
Get your eyes checked this year
Health: Every seven minutes, someone in America will become blind or visually impaired. The Jewish Guild for the Blind, one of the nation’s foremost not-for-profit health care agencies, is encouraging New Yorkers to make a New Year’s resolution to get their eyes checked. Comment.
HIV ‘Treatment as Prevention’
Health: The finding that HIV treatment with antiretroviral drugs (ARVs) can actually prevent transmission of the virus from an infected person to his or her uninfected partner has been named “Breakthrough of the Year” for 2011 by the journal Science. Comment.
How to tell if your stream is too weak or too frequent
Health: These days, when a man hears about frequent urination and a weak stream he wonders if those warnings on radio and TV apply to him. How is a guy to know if his urinary stream is too weak or too frequent? In a public toilet, he can’t make a comparative study of how he stacks up with the gentleman in the next cubicle without getting in a whole lot of trouble. Comment.
Curing the elusive back pain
Health: Nearly 55 billion dollars a year is spent on back pain in the United States each year, and yet it remains one of the most misunderstood and mis-diagnosed conditions a person can face. At this very moment 131.5 million people are actively searching online for alternative means to help them relieve their back pain. Comments (1).
