September 14, 2023
Lymphoma is a type of blood cancer. As such, it affects our immune system. Normally, our immune system fights 鈥渋nvaders鈥 such as infections and even early-stage cancerous cells. It keeps watch and leaps into action when necessary with different types of white blood cells, constantly sending signals telling them to grow or stop growing, depending on the nature of the threat.
September 13, 2023
Suicide Prevention Week falls shortly after Labor Day this year, from September 10 to 16. With the start of the new school term, it鈥檚 a propitious time to draw attention to a horrific event that no parent should ever have to face.
September 11, 2023
This special episode of Kids Health Cast: "On Youth Anxiety" comes from On the Mind, the official podcast from the 麻豆传媒高清版 Department of Psychiatry. Host Dr. Daniel Knoepflmacher and Dr. Angela Chiu explore the causes of anxiety within children and adolescents and evidence-based treatments and tactics that can be used to treat mild to severe anxiety.
September 7, 2023
In this two-part series, Dr. Angela Chiu answers questions that parents and caregivers frequently ask about back-to-school anxiety. She is an Assistant Professor of Psychology in Clinical Psychiatry and practices at the Center for Youth Mental Health at New York-Presbyterian, where she helps children of all ages, adults, parents and caregivers with anxiety conditions.
September 6, 2023
Anxiety is a normal emotion that helps us throughout life: it can motivate us to study a bit more for a test, be more careful in traffic and wash our hands more often during flu season. Anxiety, however, can become problematic and even debilitating at certain points in life, including during childhood, adolescence and young adulthood.
September 5, 2023
In this episode of Back to Health, Alexis P. Melnick, M.D. discusses what patients should know about fertility and considerations for Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT).
August 30, 2023
For most of us, a summer vacation is that long-awaited event we plan and dream about for months. A vacation is supposed to give us a chance to chill. To relax at the beach, experience nature in a national park or explore another culture. How ironic, then, that so many people need to take a vacation from their vacation!
August 29, 2023
Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) can cause infections of the lungs and airways in people at every age. It typically shows up in the fall and peaks in winter.
August 28, 2023
In this episode of Kids Health Cast, Andrea Beth Temkin, Psy.D. discusses what parents and children should know about managing back-to-school anxiety.
August 25, 2023
David Laufgraben, M.D. discusses the importance of childhood vaccines. In this time of COVID-19, your child鈥檚 vaccinations are more important than ever. He discusses the immunization schedule used to ensure that your child receives all their necessary vaccines, as well as the common immunization myths and misconceptions.
