Only 90 minutes away from New York City, in Harris, New York, is a special place which is making a huge impact on adults and children with severe disabilities, other medical frailties, and a growing number of people with Autism Spectrum Disorder: The Center for Discovery. Located in the Catskills on a beautiful multi-campus...
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Despite the desire of the State University of New York to close its Long Island College Hospital, a Brooklyn judge ruled that the hospital must stay open for now, at least until he decides whether the hospital will be allowed to permanently close its operations. SUNY says that the Cobble Hill facility is a money pit that the...
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Last Saturday residents of Brooklyn came out to protest the proposed closure of the Bedford-Stuyvesant located Interfaith Medical Center. The grassroots effort to keep the hospital open would like to see the facility become a full-service hospital. Protestors said that they have been sending letters in the hundreds to the New York...
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Until recently cerebral palsy has been for the most part a specialty of pediatrics. Today however there are a growing number of patients with cerebral palsy living until adulthood, with limited options for health care. Debby and Peter Weinberg’s 17 year-old son Henry is one of those patients approaching adulthood....
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Experts are expecting a worse than usual mosquito problem this coming summer. The warmer than normal winter, combined with a mild and wet spring are factors contributing to an explosion in the number of mosquitoes visiting New Yorkers for their meals in the months to come. Mosquitos breed in standing water, such as birdbaths,...
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If Mayor Bloomberg is truly interested in finding realistic ways to fight obesity in New York, City Council members believe the mayor should consider restoring the previously cut physical education classes back into the school system. According to city data, as much as 40% of New York public school students are either overweight or...
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