HEALTH

Doctor Tries Fasting Trend

Real Doctor Tries the Intermittent Fasting Trend and Here’s What Happened http://tourocom.touro.edu/academics/faculty/harlem/niket-sonpal.php There’s crash dieting, and then there’s intermittent fasting. Crash diets aren’t sustainable and rarely factor in healthy food options. Intermittent fasting on the other hand is gaining attention because people are seeing weight come off, and therefore stay with it. It’s being touted […]

CHILDREN × HEARING LOSS

Have Your Child Screened by an Audiologist if You Suspect Hearing Loss As children get back to school, keep in mind that academic struggles may be a sign of hearing loss   According to the National Institutes of Health’s National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, about two to three out of every 1,000 […]

DIGEST THIS NOW! FOR KIDS! × HEALTHY FACTS

HEALTHY FACTS FOR KIDS (& PARENTS) 12-Year-Old Nutrition Expert Shares Kids Can Be Active & Healthy by Kai Nunziato-Cruz Hey Guys! Kai here from Generation Kai! As a 12 year old I’m just like you, getting ready to go back to school to see my friends again. Oh yeah, and I’m going into the 7th […]

Why Some Women are Delaying Pregnancy

New Survey Shows Women Lacking Information for Informed Healthcare Decisions New findings from a recent survey show that women living with chronic inflammatory or autoimmune disease feel they don’t have enough information to make informed decisions about how to balance pregnancy with disease management. Some women feel they have no choice but to stop treatment […]

MagnaReady × Stylish Options × Disabilities

There are over 50 million adults in the United States with a disability or health condition that limits their mobility in some way. As we age tasks that used to be simple that we could complete without thinking twice about it become more challenging. Just turn on late night or early morning television and you […]

Does Smoking Marijuana Cause Lung Cancer?

We all know we’re not supposed to smoke cigarettes – the correlation between smoking and lung cancer is clear. But we live in a society that perpetuates the idea that smoking weed is not as harmful, or not harmful at all. Dr. Raja Flores, Chairman of the Department of Thoracic Surgery for the Mount Sinai […]

Why Some Women are Delaying Pregnancy

New findings from a recent survey show that women living with chronic inflammatory or autoimmune disease feel they don’t have enough information to make informed decisions about how to balance pregnancy with disease management. Some women feel they have no choice but to stop treatment or delay their plans for pregnancy. These women are living […]

NON-SURGICAL BALLOON WEIGHT LOSS METHOD

Americans spend almost 60 billion dollars annually in pursuit of weight loss with gastric bypass surgery being the most common type of weight-loss surgery; an option that isn’t for everyone. Like any major procedure, gastric bypass has significant health risks and side effects. In addition, to be a candidate for the procedure, one must have […]

International Day of Yoga

Consulate General of India presents The 4th International Day of Yoga on Saturday, June 16, 2018 at 11am at Picnic Point on Governor’s Island. The admission to the event is free for to participate, but advance registration is required: http://www.indiainnewyork.gov.in/cgnyregform. Free ferry access to Governor’s Island at 10am. Consulate General of India is back again […]

Martha Stewart

Watch: http://youtu.be/dG_W9K–Hz0 Did you know that the daily pill that saves your life if you’re living with HIV costs just 20 cents a day in sub-Saharan Africa? Highlighting the impact that just 20¢ can have on someone’s life, the new EAT (RED) SAVE LIVES PSA, featuring Martha Stewart, Padma Lakshmi, Elizabeth Falkner, Hannah Bronfman, Angie […]