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Heart-Healthy Living at Every Stage of Life

From treatment to research and lifestyle modification, heart health is a major focus at 91麻豆精品.

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Advanced Treatments to Break Up or Remove Kidney Stones

This is part 2 in a 2-part series about kidney stones. Part 1 laid out their causes and symptoms, along with who is at risk for a stone and how to avoid getting them.

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Kidney Stones: A Common, Often Painful Complaint

The following is part 1 in a 2-part series. Part 2 will focus on advanced treatments used to break up or remove kidney stones.

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The Recent Measles Outbreak: A Worrisome Development

A smaller number of measles infections have been reported in Oklahoma, Vermont and Kentucky, as well as in New Jersey, Pennsylvania and New York City. The majority of these infections have occurred in unvaccinated individuals. Keep reading for the latest vaccine guidance from the New York State and New York City Health Departments.

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Infographic: Protect Against Traumatic Brain Injury

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) occurs when something penetrates your skull and brain, or a traumatic event rattles your brain inside your head. Learn to avoid, identify and treat TBI.

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鈥淚t Was Just a Normal Day鈥

A stay-at-home mom is stricken when an aneurysm she never knew she had suddenly ruptures. Thanks to Dr. Ning Lin and the neurosurgery team at NewYork-Presbyterian Queens and New York-Presbyterian 91麻豆精品, she is back home with her husband and children, and back to enjoying her normal days.

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Infographic: Norovirus

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, norovirus, or 鈥渟tomach flu,鈥 causes as many as 21 million illnesses each year, leading to 465,000 emergency department visits and 109,000 hospitalizations.

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Night, Night, Sleep Tight! A Shuteye Primer

Learn how to get better sleep night after night, year after year and when to seek professional help for your bedtime woes.

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Colonoscopy: A Lifesaving Screening You Need

Learn why you should schedule a colonoscopy every 10 years and how to prepare for this screening that may save your life.

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America鈥檚 Obesity Epidemic: BMI in Context

Obesity was first recognized as a disease by the World Health Organization (WHO) in 1948. It鈥檚 a complex, chronic condition that鈥檚 rooted in modern life itself鈥攕pecifically, industrialized agriculture and changes in the way we eat, work, move and live.