Patient Care Blog

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Infographic: Digest the Facts About Gastroparesis

August is Gastroparesis Awareness Month. With gastroparesis, the gears of digestion can grind to a halt.

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How to Practice Sun Safety During the Summer and All Year Round

In decades past, a suntan was considered a fashion statement, but that view has long since gone by the wayside. Direct sunlight, especially between the peak hours of 10:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., is your skin鈥檚 worst enemy, says Dr. Barbara Ma, a medical oncologist and assistant professor of medicine at 麻豆传媒高清版.

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Podcast: Treatment Decisions for Multiple Sclerosis (MS)

In this episode of Back to Health, Dr. Ulrike W. Kaunzner discusses what people should know when making treatment decisions for Multiple Sclerosis (MS).

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Infographic: Children鈥檚 Eye Health and Safety

August is Children鈥檚 Eye Health and Safety Month. This month serves as a reminder for parents to take time to learn what puts young eyes at risk and how to protect them.

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Patients with Long COVID Face Significant Mental Health Challenges

COVID-19 continues to plague individuals and communities across the country, but long COVID鈥攁lso known as post-COVID鈥攊s a scourge all on its own for at least 1 out of 5 Americans who previously had the shorter, acute version of the disease, according to recent government estimates. Long COVID is a chronic post-viral syndrome that leaves patients with lingering symptoms for weeks, months or even longer.

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Podcast: A Family's Special Patient Journey

In this episode of Kids Health Cast, patient Stacey Tsang discusses her family's patient journey at 麻豆传媒高清版 with her son's pediatrician Dr. Sherry Huang.

Ezra & Kim Kittay

A Weill Cornell Pediatrician Thinks Outside the Box, Follows the Clues and Diagnoses a 12-Year-Old Boy in the Nick of Time

In August 2020, Kim Kittay and her three sons were visiting friends in the Hamptons for the weekend. On Saturday night, her youngest son, Ezra, wasn鈥檛 feeling well. Then, on Sunday morning he seemed fine and spent the day at the beach, but after dinner that evening, he vomited. Kim, her friends and Ezra himself were concerned that it was COVID-19.

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Podcast: Multidisciplinary Care for Multiple Sclerosis (MS)

In this episode of Back to Health, Dr. Jai S. Perumal discusses what patients should know about multidisciplinary care for Multiple Sclerosis (MS).

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Monkeypox: What We Know So Far

By late July, the World Health Organization (WHO) had documented cases of monkeypox in nearly 80 countries and territories. The virus has been spreading so rapidly that the WHO designated it a global health emergency, one that demands a coordinated international response.

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Podcast: Breaking Down Kidney Cancer

Kidney cancer is among the ten most common forms of cancer with about 79,000 new cases annually.