Tag Archives: medical

Exercises focused on engaging core, pelvic floor helping moms get in shape

Mothers everywhere mostly agree that any negative side effect associated with pregnancy and childbirth is often forgotten after meeting their newborn for the first time. However, while new moms may mentally be able to forget or block out some of…

Could lead paint have played a role in Freddie Gray’s death?

The death of Freddie Gray in Baltimore last month is a tragedy that has conjured strong feelings on race, poverty, and violence in its wake. As journalists and investigators try to answer the question of who Gray was and what…

Earth Day reflection: What have you done to better our planet?

There are certain days each year that call for reflection. Maybe it’s your birthday, or an anniversary. For some people, it’s a holiday: Thanksgiving, Valentine’s Day, Mother’s Day. We take stock of where we are, what we’ve done, and what…

How your smartphone could become a ‘Star Trek’–style Tricorder

In two months, new technology could turn your smartphone into a “Star Trek”-style Tricorder – making the stuff of science fiction a reality. This tech, soon to be revealed in Israel, works with your phone to scan any object and…

What’s next for ObamaCare?

Now that the midterm elections – featuring ObamaCare as a key issue – are over, the big question is what’s next for the president’s health care plan. “ObamaCare was an issue for the candidates, it was an issue for the…

More than a dozen states plan to cancel health care policies not in compliance with ObamaCare

More than a dozen states plan to cancel health care policies not in compliance with ObamaCare in the coming weeks, affecting thousands of people just before the midterm elections. “It looks like several hundred thousand people across the country will…

New study finds organic foods are healthier than conventionally grown foods

Organic food is controversial, mostly because food is political. People like me who choose to eat organic produce and other foods grown and raised without poisons, carcinogens, heavy metals, other harmful toxic chemicals, and genetically engineered food are constantly forced…

Why pregnant women should avoid environmental toxins

Pregnant women are advised to do – and not do – many things over the course of nine months. Whether from a physician, friend, or perfect stranger, there is no shortage of opinions on eating fish, taking supplements, drinking caffeine,…

Oklahoma inmate’s botched execution: I don’t want to tell my son and daughter this is the best we can do with killers

The Lord works in mysterious ways. When Clayton Lockett, a vicious killer who buried a woman alive, was executed in Oklahoma Tuesday, his tortured death exposed the sinfulness of the death penalty and the amoral reasoning of those who support…

Celebrating the restoration of the emergency center at my hospital — NYU Langone Medical Center

Ken Langone, chairman of the Board of Trustees at the NYU Langone Medical Center, the New York City hospital center named after him, was being treated for pneumonia on the 11th floor of the facility when Superstorm Sandy flooded the…