How do I manage the stress of being a caregiver at holiday time?
“One of the first ways is giving ourselves permission to accept help,” says Heather Greene, LCSW, Director of Resident and Family Services at Mountainside Residential Care Center, a member of the Westchester Medical Center...
Do I really need to wear sunscreen in the winter?
“If you spend a lot of time outdoors, winter can pose just as much risk of sun damage as summer does,” says Xiang Da (Eric) Dong, MD, Associate Director of Surgical Oncology at MidHudson...
What Do You Do When the Flu Turns Life-Threatening?
Quick thinking and coordinated care save a healthy teenager from a diagnosis that threatened her life.
This Stone Ridge Woman Was Revived After Kidney Failure
Maggie Colan says her skillful nurse at HealthAlliance Hospital‘s Dialysis Center helped save her life.
The Hospital Service Making Sure People Can Do Their Jobs Safely
The Work Place at MidHudson Regional Hospital takes their job very seriously.
How a School Nurse Saved This Cornwall Teen’s Life
Perceptive intervention from a passerby and quick, high-quality medical care helped keep Joshua Wozniak alive.
Building a Support System for Sufferers of Brain Injury
Recovering from brain injury, one therapist sought a support group – and decided to team up with her neurologist at Good Samaritan Hospital to create a new one.
The Mother of Three Who Cheated Death
Physicians at the WMCHealth Heart and Vascular Institute — and caring community members — save this woman from a potentially deadly heart condition.
Can the shorter days really be affecting me?
Simply put: “There is no question that mood problems can be triggered by seasonal changes,” says Alexander Lerman, MD, Director of the Psychiatric Residency program at WMCHealth’s Behavioral Health Center.
A National Program on Controlling Blood Loss From Traumatic Injury
WMCHealth professionals teach the public Stop the Bleed.