YONKERS, NY – October 27, 2014 – Yonkers Mayor Mike Spano, Congressman Elliot Engel, Yonkers City Council and City, County and area officials gathered with first responders and health care personnel for a Medical Emergency Preparedness Summit today at Yonkers’ Emergency Operations Center. The summit focused on the City’s collective preparation and response to health emergencies, including infectious diseases such …
MAKE IT FUN! – The Benefits of Being Disorganized (Part II) By PAM YOUNG
(Be sure to read The Benefits of Being Disorganized Part I, last week. I wrote about the significance of time and motion studies for the disorganized. I think you’ll be surprised.) So you’ve got multiple stacks of paper on your desk and slyly hidden piles under it, three extra kids you didn’t plan (disorganized women have more babies than organized …
Westchester Region of Hadassah Honors Dr. Dan Costin
WHITE PLAINS, NY — October 16, 2014- — The Westchester Region of Hadassah today announced that on Thursday, November 13, 2014, it will honor Dr. Dan Costin, Co-Director of the White Plains Hospital Cancer Program, for his significant work in cancer research and treatment here at home in Westchester and in collaboration with Hadassah Hospital in Jerusalem. The Westchester Region will …
MAKE IT FUN! – The Benefits of Being Disorganized (Part I) By PAM YOUNG
All I ever wanted to be was a wife and mom, so I majored in Home Economics in college. One of the courses was in cooking which I’ve always loved to do. Part of the curriculum included a time and motion study to track our steps while baking a cake. “By being organized,” Miss Cratzberry, the professor, told us; “you …
WHAT YOUR DOCTOR WON’T (OR CAN’T) TELL YOU: Throwing Away Billions; Our Broken Healthcare System By Dr. EVAN LEVINE, MD FACC
If you blame Obamacare for the awful defects in our healthcare system, you are indeed naive, since any cost-effectiveness or fairness in our system disintegrated long before Barack Obama, or even George W, came to office. I am not a partisan person. I have voted as often for a Republican candidate as for a Democratic one. Given the current character …
Working Smoke Alarms Save Lives!
YONKERS, NY — October 5, 2014 – Working smoke alarms can make a life-saving difference in a fire. That’s the message behind this year’s Fire Prevention Week campaign, “Working Smoke Alarms Save Lives: Test Yours Every Month!” Along with firefighters and safety advocates nationwide, Mayor Mike Spano and the Yonkers Fire Department are joining forces with the nonprofit National Fire …
WHAT YOUR DOCTOR WON’T (OR CAN’T) TELL YOU: Haunting Untold Stories in Medicine By Dr. EVAN LEVINE, MD FACC
The allegations herein are not stories removed from the Mad Men series because they were too rancid or from workers in the 1960s, before women’s rights, or human resources existed. Sadly this type of misogynistic and even discriminatory behavior is taking place throughout a very specific business and there is little being done to prevent it. It is a venue …
Westchester Learns of First EV-D68 Case
Health Department Offers Important Tips to Keep Families Healthy; Virus Is Present Statewide WESTCHEStER, NY — The first case of case of in Westchester has been confirmed by the New York State Health Department. The case involves a child who lives in a long-term care facility in the county, has multiple and significant underlying medical conditions and is currently hospitalized …
WHAT YOUR DOCTOR WON’T (OR CAN’T) TELL YOU: Billions Wasted in Our Health-Not-Care System By Dr. EVAN LEVINE, MD FACC
Don’t Shoot the Messenger! If you blame Obamacare for the awful defects in our healthcare system, you are indeed naïve, since any cost-effectiveness or fairness in our system disintegrated long before Barack Obama, or even George W, came to office. I am not a partisan person. I have voted as often for a Republican candidate as for a Democratic one and …
Anti-Hunger Services Available Through State-Wide Program
ALBANY, NY — September 9, 2014 — Hunger Solutions New York has awarded more than $4.3 million to community-based organizations throughout New York State to deliver Nutrition Outreach and Education Program (NOEP) services. NOEP, a nationally recognized model that has been managed by Hunger Solutions New York since 1987, offers free and confidential services to connect hungry New Yorkers with nutrition …