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November 30, 2010

In the wake of the US Food and Drug Administration's approval of Botox to treat sufferers of migraines, Dr. Robert Duarte of North Shore-LIJ's Headache Center talks about how he uses Botox to ease migraine pain.

November 30, 2010

As the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) pushes forward with plans to place full-body scanners in all American airports, some scientific and medical experts are raising concerns about the health risks that they pose to travelers.

November 30, 2010

The Sepsis Alliance, which is partnering with The Feinstein Institute of Medical Research to raise awareness of this deadly condition, has released a new online video (entitled "Sepsis: Emergency") aimed at educating medical professionals and patients about the symptoms of sepsis.

November 30, 2010

A brain tumor patient at Southside Hospital's Regional Center for Brain Injury Rehabilitation in Bay Shore was among those taking part in the hospital's annual Thanksgiving Day Dinner -- a family celebration that has become a tradition at Southside for recovering patients and family members who could not be home for this special holiday.

November 29, 2010

A new small study suggests that the prescription painkiller Celebrex might help prevent non-melanoma skin cancers, but Lenox Hill Hospital dermatologist Dr. Doris Day was quick to note that the drug -- most commonly used to counter arthritis pain -- has been linked in some studies to an increased risk for cardiovascular problems.

November 29, 2010

North Shore-LIJ's advertising agency, DeVito/Verdi, received eight nominations for the the Global Awards® for its work in developing television and radio ads on behalf of the North Shore-LIJ Health System.

November 28, 2010

North Shore-LIJ CEO Michael Dowling is the recipient of the Leslie C. Quick Jr. Life Enrichment Award from the Arthritis Foundation's Long Island Chapter.

November 25, 2010

Franklin Hospital was ranked the best in Nassau County and among the top 10 in New York State for joint replacement surgery, according to the latest HealthGrades' survey.

November 24, 2010

North Shore University Hospital and LIJ Medical Center recently appointed Cynthia Harden, MD, the former director of the International Center for Epilepsy at the University of Miami Health System, as chief of their Comprehensive Epilepsy Care Institute, part of the health system's Cushing Neuroscience Institutes.

November 24, 2010

New research suggests that post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) increases the risk of death from any cause and of developing cardiovascular disease -- a finding that North Shore-LIJ nuclear cardiologist Dr. Jennifer Mieres says is particularly alarming considering the number of US combat troops serving in Afghanistan and Iraq.

November 24, 2010

Many parents flying with their children over the Thanksgiving holiday had to explain the reasons for enhanced airport security, including body scans and pat-downs. Zucker Hillside Hospital's Dr. Victor Fornari encouraged parents to talk to their kids about the need for safety.

November 24, 2010

North Shore-LIJ Senior VP Howard Gold discusses the health system's physician provider network created for employees.

November 24, 2010

The Krasnoff Quality Management Institute's Dr.Yosef Dlugacz discusses a study done in conjunction with the Nassau County Department of Health, showing that most pregnant women knew the flu could hospitalize or kill them, but only 34 percent got the H1N1 vaccine last year.

November 23, 2010

A less invasive method for finding out whether lung cancer has spread to the lymph nodes could prevent many unnecessary operations, a new study suggests.

November 23, 2010

While HIV is certainly more treatable than it was a quarter-century ago, North Shore University Hospital's Dr. Joseph McGowan says the number of new infections continues to rise.

November 22, 2010

Nurses play a huge role in teaching patients about their conditions, self-care and diagnostic or treatment procedures, and North Shore University Hospital's Joanne Turnier, RN, recommends using simple language and having what she describes as an interactive “living room conversation.”

November 22, 2010

Lenox Hill Hospital's Dr. Kirk Garratt says it was premature to draw any conclusions from a Canadian study showing that children of divorced parents appear to have more than double the lifetime risk for stroke than those whose parents' marriage stays intact during their childhood.

November 22, 2010

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that the voluntary withdrawal of over-the-counter cough and cold medications that cause adverse reactions in babies has resulted in a dramatic decline in accidental overdosing and other problems requiring emergency room treatment.

November 22, 2010

Phyllis Yezzo, RN, has been named chief nurse executive at Lenox Hill Hospital, while nurses at Cohen Children's Medical Center of New York are cited for achieving various certifications.

November 20, 2010

Nassau University Medical Center neurosurgeon Dr. Ricky Madhok, a member of North Shore-LIJ's Cushing Institutes of Neuroscience, removes a rare benign tumor from the spine of a Long Island woman.

November 19, 2010

To commemorate “Prematurity Month” and the March of Dimes’ “March of Babies” campaign to draw attention to the dangers of premature birth, four families whose infants were treated at the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Cohen Children's Medical Center of NY talk about their babies’ fight for life.

November 19, 2010

North Shore-LIJ Emergency Medicine Chairman Dr. Andrew Sama discusses physician staffing for hospital emergency departments and the use of outside firms by other Long Island hospitals.

November 19, 2010

The North Shore-LIJ Health System and Empire BlueCross BlueShield have agreed to a new three-year contract, effective January 1, 2011. The new agreement covers 14 North Shore-LIJ hospitals throughout New York City and Long Island.

November 19, 2010

Dr. Kevin Tracey, president of The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research, talks about how he became interested in studying sepsis and what scientists have learned about the condition.

November 18, 2010

Forest Hills Hospital and other North Shore-LIJ facilities are supporting troopers overseas through the "Adopt-a-Platoon" program.

November 18, 2010

On the 35th anniversary of the Great American Smokeout, North Shore-LIJ pulmonologist Mark Rosen, MD, and Patricia Folan, RN, of the health system's Center for Tobacco Control, discuss the dangers of smoking and what people can do to quit.

November 17, 2010

Researchers are now exploring the potential of a new mobile phone monitoring system that automatically picks up patients' home blood pressure readings, which is then sent out wirelessly via radio signals from monitoring equipment outfitted with Blue-tooth technology.

November 17, 2010

Obesity may be one of the nation's biggest public health problems, but there are few prescription drugs available to treat this epidemic.

November 17, 2010

Lenox Hill Hospital urologist Dr. Elizabeth Kavaler discusses therapeutic prostate cancer vaccine that a recent study showed extended the lives of prostate cancer patients by several months.

November 17, 2010

Governor-Elect Andrew Cuomo appointed North Shore-LIJ Health System President and CEO Michael Dowling to the new administration's committee on health and education.

November 17, 2010

Michael Stratemeier, MD, has been made chief of emergency medicine at Huntington Hospital.

November 17, 2010

Lenox Hill Hospital's Dr. Kristen Byrne discusses the effectiveness of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in detecting breast cancer in high-risk women.

November 16, 2010

Franklin Hospital in Valley Stream is ranked the best on Long Island for joint replacement outcomes and also is tops in Nassau County for its overall success in orthopedics and joint replacement, according to the latest national study by HealthGrades.

November 16, 2010

A network of rheumatology practitioners -- including Dr. Peter Gregersen of The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research -- is teaming up with several pharmaceutical companies to evaluate a new biomarker screening test that might help identify patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) who are unlikely to benefit from treatment with antitumor necrosis factor-alpha (anti-TNF) agents.

November 16, 2010

Lenox Hill Hospital dermatologist Dr. Doris Day says research shows that people who engage in outdoor sports are at higher risk for sun damage and skin cancer than they may realize.

November 16, 2010

The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice released a report this week entitled "Quality of End-of-Life Cancer Care for Medicare Beneficiaries," which found that about one-third of cancer patients die in hospitals.

November 15, 2010

North Shore Unviersity Hospital, LIJ Medical Center and Staten Island University Hospital were among area hospitals that received the "Consumer Choice" award for excellence by the National Research Corp.

November 15, 2010

The US Food and Drug Administration this week discussed the one-year results of a large clinical trial on an experimental drug (Benlysta) that would become the first new drug for lupus in five decades. The disease affects about 1.5 million Americans.

November 15, 2010

A new federal study says working women with stressful jobs were more likely than women with less job strain to have a heart attack or a stroke, or to have clogged arteries.

November 14, 2010

So far this year, the North Shore-LIJ Medical Group has brought on more than 180 physicians who had been in private practice, in addition to 110 at Lenox Hill Hospital -- part of a regional trend driven by a number of economic factors.

November 12, 2010

Eighty-five kidney donors and recipients recently united at a celebration and dinner hosted by North Shore University Hospital's Kidney Transplant Center in Manhasset.

November 12, 2010

The health of workers is becoming a growing issue among Long Island employers.

November 12, 2010

The North Shore-LIJ Health System has been bringing on private physician practices and opening community-based offices throughout its service area.

November 11, 2010

Nassau University Medical Center and the North Shore-LIJ Health System are discussing closer clinical ties.

November 11, 2010

The head of North Shore-LIJ's Center for Tobacco Control says the US Food and Drug Administration's proposal to use graphic images on cigarette packs to reiniforce the dangers of smoking will be an effective deterrent.

November 10, 2010

More than $1 billion in new construction is ongoing at the campus of LIJ Medical Center in Queens, as the North Shore-LIJ Health System and other hospitals in Queens invest in expansion projects to meet community needs.

November 10, 2010

Because the body's liver starts pumping out sugar at around 3 a..m., Lenox Hill Hospital's Dr. Spyros Mezitis says this can lead to frustrating blood-sugar highs in the morning, a condition known as the dawn phenomenon.

November 10, 2010

Lenox Hill Hospital lung specialist Dr. Len Horovitz questions the effectiveness of the new cigarette warning labels proposed by the US Food and Drug Administration.

November 10, 2010

Zucker Hillside Hospital's Dr. Victor Fornari cautions parent-bloggers to protect their children's privacy -- and maintain their trust.

November 10, 2010

Zucker Hillside Hospital child psychiatrist Dr. Victor Fornari gives his views on new study suggesting that teenagers who text more than 120 times a day are more likely to have had sex, smoked cigarettes and used alcohol or drugs.

November 10, 2010

North Shore-LIJ and Nassau University Medical Center are in talks to renew and possibly expand their affiliation agreement.

November 9, 2010

Dr. Ian Newmark of Plainview Hospital discusses the factors that trigger allergic reactions.

November 9, 2010

Dr. Andrew Adesman of Cohen Children's Medical Center of New York offers tips to help parents avoid jeopardizing their children's health inadvertently.

November 9, 2010

North Shore-LIJ's Hagedorn Cleft Palate and Craniofacial Center hosts party for families and their children, all adopted from foreign countries, who came to the US with cleft palates and lips. The Hagedorn Center cares for children and infants who are born with these disorders, and is currently following more than 1,200 children.

November 8, 2010

The North Shore-LIJ Medical Group is helping to fill the healthcare void in Queens by opening up an urgent care center in Rego Park, and outpatient offices in Flushing and Whitestone.

November 7, 2010

Madhu Bhaskaran, MD, medical director of North Shore-LIJ's Kidney Transplant Center, is among five Indian Americans to be honored Nov. 13 at the the Indian American Kerala Cultural and Civic Centre in New York.

November 6, 2010

Although his left leg was paralyzed five years ago from a neurological condition known as transverse myelitis, former North Shore-LIJ patient Arthur DeMartini competed in the New York City Marathon. The physician who treated him, Dr. Karen Blitz, calls him "truly amazing."

November 6, 2010

In the wake of last week's landmark research demonstrating how computed tomography (CT) scans can detect lung cancer early and reduce mortality, New York area cancer experts like the Monter Cancer Center's Dr. Harry Raftopoulos welcomed the findings from the government study but were concerned about ostacles that might delay healthcare providers from offering screenings to current and former smokers.

November 5, 2010

Eighty-five kidney donors and recipients recently united at a celebration and dinner hosted by North Shore University Hospital's Kidney Transplant Center in Manhasset.

November 5, 2010

The positive results of a new national study on the effectiveness of computed tomography (CT) scans in detecting lung cancer gives physicians like the Monter Cancer Center's Dr. Harry Raftopoulos another weapon in the fight against this deadly disease.

November 5, 2010

The North Shore-LIJ Medical Group recently opened a new 6,000-square-foot office in Garden City, anchored by cardiology and internal medicine programs.

November 4, 2010

The North Shore-LIJ Medical Group recently celebrated the opening of a new 12,000 square-foot outpatient center at Queens Crossing in Flushing, Queens.

November 4, 2010

Kerry Chu, who underwent successful surgery for a Chiari malformation six years ago at North Shore University Hospital, was among those competing in last Sunday's New York City Marathon.

November 4, 2010

The North Shore-LIJ Medical Group recently opened a new 12,000-square-foot office in the Queens Crossing mall in Flushing, anchored by cardiology, thoracic surgery, urology, human reproduction and internal medicine programs.

November 3, 2010

After 30 years as an obstetrician-gynecologist, Dr. Victor Klein of North Shore University Hospital says he has no doubt that women are more forgetful during pregnancy.

November 2, 2010

North Shore University Hospital physician Dr. Simon Prince is among those appointed to a new physician advisory council created by Empire BlueCross BlueShield.

November 2, 2010

Shannon Tavarez, the 11-year-old Queens girl who emerged from obscurity to star as "Nala" in Broadway's "The Lion King," passed away on Monday, Nov. 1, at Cohen Children's Medical Center of New York.

November 2, 2010

The American Academy of Neurology recommends that children or adolescents who sustain a concussion be evaluated by a doctor and receive medical clearance before returning to the sport -- a recommendation that makes sense, says North Shore-LIJ's Dr. Ronald Kanner.

November 1, 2010

Actor Christopher Reeves, Pope John Paul II, Muppet-master Jim Henson and actress Anna Nicole Smith probably shared little in life, but their pathway to death was painfully the same: sepsis. The Feinstein Institute's Dr. Christopher Czura shares his insight.

November 1, 2010

Lenox Hill Hospital's Dr. Doris Day discusses the genetics of hair loss affecting the future king of England, Prince William, at age 28.

November 1, 2010

Women who are stressed out when undergoing in vitro fertilization may have a higher chance of becoming pregnant, according to new research by Staten Island University Hospital's Dr. Robert Hunter.

November 1, 2010

At a time when some hospitals and clinicians are struggling to understand cultural sensitivities in caring for observant Muslim patients, Franklin Hospital recently started offering patients halal food in keeping with Muslim dietary rules.

November 1, 2010

North Shore-LIJ gastroenterologist Dr. David Bernstein and other Hepatitis C experts discuss the potential for some experimental treatments for this infectious disease.

November 1, 2010

Reacting to a British Journal of Sports Medicine study suggesting that regular exercise helps ward off colds and the flu, Lenox Hill Hospital's Dr. Len Horovitz says endorphins may also play a role in helping people who work out five or more days per week stay healthy.

November 1, 2010

North Shore-LIJ cardiologist Dr. Jennifer Mieres weighs in on the heart risk for overweight women, saying weight circumference, not body mass index, is a better indication of a women's overall health.

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July 5, 2011

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