Hearing the words “high-risk pregnancy” can be unsettling. For many expectant parents, the phrase raises immediate questions: What comes next? Who will be involved? Is everything going to be okay?
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Summer Nutrition Tips to Keep You Feeling Your Best
Heat changes everything about how your body operates. You sweat more, your appetite changes and the foods that felt satisfying in January may not be what your body is craving in July. A few small adjustments to how you eat can go a long way toward keeping you feeling good through the warmer months.
Understanding a Breast Cancer Diagnosis: First Steps and Treatment Options
Hearing the words “you have breast cancer” can stop time. In the hours and days that follow, questions pile up faster than anyone can answer them: What does this mean for my health? What happens next? How do I choose the best treatment plan? Slowing down to understand what lies ahead is one of the most useful things you can do.
Minimally Invasive Gynecologic Surgery: Faster Recovery, Better Outcomes
For decades, gynecologic surgery meant a large abdominal incision, several days in the hospital and weeks of recovery before life returned to normal. Many women put off procedures for that reason, choosing to live with symptoms rather than face the disruption of a traditional operation.
Precision, Innovation and Relief: Aquablation Therapy at Good Samaritan Hospital
Medically Reviewed by Mitchell Fraiman, MDFor many men, the symptoms start gradually: waking up multiple times a night to use the bathroom, a weak stream, the persistent feeling that the bladder never fully empties. These are the hallmarks of benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), commonly known as an enlarged prostate, and those symptoms affect roughly halfContinue reading “Precision, Innovation and Relief: Aquablation Therapy at Good Samaritan Hospital”
What to Know About HIV Testing and Prevention
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) affects more than 1.2 million people in the United States, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). About 1 in 8 people don’t know they are living with HIV. Whether you’ve never been tested or it’s been a while, here’s what you should know about HIV today: how testing works, how to protect yourself and why knowing your status matters.
Could You Be in Perimenopause in Your 30s?
Perimenopause is widely understood as something that happens in your mid-to-late 40s. For most women, that’s true. But for some, the hormonal shifts that signal the beginning of this transition start earlier, sometimes well before 40. Knowing that this transition can begin earlier than most people realize is the first step toward getting the right answers.
From Coma to Recovery: How Advanced Stroke Care Is Changing Outcomes
Medically reviewed by Fawaz Al-Mufti, MD, FAHA, FSVINWith stroke, every second matters.During Stroke Awareness Month, a recent case at MidHudson Regional Hospital is a powerful reminder of how rapid response, clinical expertise and advanced technology can come together to save and restore a life.A Life-Threatening EmergencyThe patient arrived in critical condition, experiencing a severe strokeContinue reading “From Coma to Recovery: How Advanced Stroke Care Is Changing Outcomes “
Heat-Related Illness: Recognizing and Preventing Summer’s Hidden Danger
Medically reviewed by David Moore, MDMost people think of heat stroke as something that happens to other people, like marathon runners in extreme conditions, or someone who spends hours in the direct sun without any water. The reality is that heat-related illness can develop faster and more subtly than that, even in people who feelContinue reading “Heat-Related Illness: Recognizing and Preventing Summer’s Hidden Danger “
He Stopped to Help a Stranger. Then He Almost Lost His Own Life
Michael McCutchan has spent his entire life looking out for other people. At 16, he joined his local fire department as a junior volunteer. He went on to serve as a New York Police Department detective and later as an investigator with the New York State Attorney General’s Office. Along the way, he developed aContinue reading “He Stopped to Help a Stranger. Then He Almost Lost His Own Life “