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A Safe Harbor

When this Westchester Medical Center physician needed cardiac care, he chose his own hospital over a New York City facility. BY DEBORAH SKOLNIK Ivan Miller didn’t feel alarmed that morning in 2009 when he...

Saving Lives, One Pint at a Time

This Monroe man has donated so much blood he’s become a fixture at Good Samaritan Hospital. BY AMY SOWDER More than 450 people may be walking, talking, laughing and crying with Pat Heffernan’s blood...

The Non-Smoking Gun

Vapor cigarettes or “e-cigarettes” — cartridges of  liquid nicotine combined with a battery and heating element — are considered among teens as a safer alternative to cigarettes. The facts are foggier. BY MELISSA F....

New Hip, New Hope

Try as she might, Lise Crapella, 64, couldn’t seem to shake the pain in her hip. In the course of nearly 30 years, the Suffern grandmother of two had put her body through a...

Advancing Malawi’s Care

From Poughkeepsie to Malawi, MidHudson Regional Hospital’s new Chief of Vascular Surgery shares his medical expertise.

The Beat Goes On

This new hedge clipper sure is powerful, Rick Nagy told himself, after a Saturday morning of yard work in August 2013. Using the trimmer had left his neck sore, and made the crooks of...

Now You See it, Now You Don’t

Cosmetic Surgeon Francis Winski, MD, Attending, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at Westchester Medical Center, explains what’s involved in the art of tattoo removals.

Marijuana’s Dangerous Sidekick

Between April 1 and June 30 of this year, New York State saw more than 1,900 emergency department visits and more than 680 poison control center calls associated with synthetic cannabinoid (aka synthetic marijuana)...

3D Heart-Imaging Technology Means Better Care for Young Patients

The introduction of 3D Heart-Imaging Technology at Maria Fareri Children's Hospital means better care for young patients.

What to Eat Before You Compete (and After, too)

WMC’s Pauline Hackney, Clinical Nutritionist, MS, RD, CDE, on how athletes should fuel their bodies: Q: What’s the story on proteins in the athlete’s diet? A: The jury is still out as to whether...