Hot Flashes in the Summer: How to Cool Down and Optimize Your Summer Lifestyle
For women navigating perimenopause and menopause, hot flashes rarely wait for a convenient moment. In the heat of a New York summer, they can feel relentless: the sudden warmth on a subway platform, the flush in the middle of a meeting, the wave that arrives out of...
Nutrition for Women in Midlife: Fuel Your Body for the Future
Midlife brings real changes: slower metabolism, shifting hormones, declining muscle mass, and rising risk for conditions like heart disease and diabetes. The upside? Small, strategic nutrition shifts can help you feel better now and protect your future health. “What...
Sending Kids to School With Food Allergies? Here’s What You Need to Know.
For parents with children who have a food allergy, sending kids off to school can be worrisome. In fact, about two children in every classroom have a food allergy. The most common food allergies are peanut, tree nuts (like walnut, cashew), shellfish (like shrimp),...
What Are the Benefits of the New Cholesterol Medicine and Could It Help Me?
Some people find that statins don’t lower their cholesterol level enough. Many of these people with unusually high cholesterol need regular shots of an additional drug to help get their cholesterol to a safe level. A new drug, Lipfendra® (enlicitide), approved in July...
What to Know About the Cyclospora Stomach Illness Outbreak
You have probably heard about the Cyclospora outbreak, a stomach illness affecting a number of people in New York and across the country. Cyclospora is a parasite that can infect food and water, and the disease it causes is called cyclosporiasis. While the risk is...
What to Do When Air Quality Is Poor
Wildfire smoke has become more common in the summer. Poor-quality air is unhealthy, especially for vulnerable people, including those with asthma or heart conditions, as well as younger kids and older adults. The poor air quality, often the result of wildfires in...
Lumbar Spinal Stenosis: Why Back and Leg Pain May Not Be ‘Just Aging’
Stenosis in general occurs when the spinal canal (which houses the spinal cord and its nerves) narrows, giving the spinal cord and nerves less room to move. This pressure on the spinal cord and nearby nerves can cause pain, numbness, weakness, bowel/bladder...
Should You Go to Urgent Care, Your Primary Care Doctor, or the Emergency Room?
If you're sick or injured, it can be difficult to know whether you should visit a walk-in urgent care center, your primary care doctor, or the emergency room. Choosing the right place for same-day care can help you receive treatment more quickly while ensuring you get...
What Are the New FDA-Approved BEMT Sunscreens?
For more than 25 years, sunscreen ingredients available in the United States remained largely unchanged. That changed on June 9, 2026, when the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved bemotrizinol (BEMT), the first new sunscreen filter approved in the United...