Any prescription or over-the-counter drug you’ve taken has gone through a clinical trial. If you’ve had surgery, the technique has likely been through a clinical trial. And if you were ever diagnosed with a health condition like heart disease or cancer, a clinical trial was part of the testing techniques and the treatments. Behind all theseContinue reading “Why Clinical Trials?”

Your head is pounding. Is it a normal headache or a migraine? Or something worse? And does it really matter what kind of headache it is?“An occasional throbbing that goes away after taking some aspirin may not be a problem. But if your headaches are regular or they make it hard to live a normalContinue reading “Why Does My Head Hurt?”

When you go in for any medical procedure, you want to meet your doctors, nurses, anesthesiologist, and anyone on your team who will provide care. After all, you are in their hands. At WMCHealth, you can have confidence being in those hands—we have some of the top surgeons in the region providing expert care andContinue reading “Meet the Robots at WMCHealth”

Pregnancy can be a time of great joy and excitement, but it can also bring about concerns for the health of both yourself and your baby. Countless thoughts may occupy your mind. Heart health may not be among them, but it truly deserves attention. The interplay between heart health and pregnancy can be a two-way street.Continue reading “Heart Health and Your Pregnancy”

What began as severe stomach pain for 53-year-old Ulster County resident Anne Pelham turned into a life-threatening cardiac event.  Four days before her emergency room visit, Pelham experienced pain in her upper stomach, just below the breastbone.“I suffer from several stomach problems and assumed the pain was related,” she recalls.As the days passed, the pain intensified,Continue reading “Stomach Pains Led Her to the ER – The Diagnosis Was a Heart Attack”