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Diabetes

Mar 11, 2003

 Diabetes rates have doubled in adults in New York City in the last eight years, according to a recent report from the Department of Health (pdf file), which says the

 

Health Risks Near Ground Zero?

Feb 27, 2003

A number of articles and stories suggest that some people who lived or worked near Ground Zero after the September 11 attacks have developed health problems. Commentary/Opinion Air Quality At Ground Zero

 

Health Care Changes Could Hurt New York

Feb 10, 2003

So far, 2003 is proving to be a hot year for health policy developments, both locally and nationally. Here is an update: Unfortunately, most of the dire budget predictions made here

 

The Nursing Shortage

Feb 10, 2003

Joanne Rosenberg has been a registered nurse at North Shore Hospital in Forest Hills, Queens, for almost 30 years. Her job has always been difficult, but today as she scrambles

 

Smallpox Vaccine

Jan 07, 2003

In late January, New York City will receive 15,000 doses of smallpox vaccine to begin voluntary vaccination of health care workers as part of President Bush's homeland security initiative. If vaccination

 

The Brooklyn Mental Health Court

Nov 01, 2002

  "A young fellow in his third year of college had a psychotic break," Judge Matthew D'Emic recounts. The man began hearing voices, which spoke to him through the TV and

 

Artists And Health Insurance

Oct 01, 2002

  The nation's looming health care crisis -- 40 million without health insurance, insurance premiums rising, and benefits being reduced -- has made headlines of late. The most startling news is

 

Coping With 9/11

Mar 01, 2002

Some 500,000 people are believed to have developed post-traumatic stress disorder in New York following the fall of the World Trade Center, according to the Journal of the American Medical

 

Child Health Plus

Oct 01, 2001

Tanya Keys never noticed the four smiling babies dressed in furry angel wings. Yet these spokesbabies are part of a multi-million dollar advertising campaign out to enroll city kids into

 

Suicide Prevention

Jul 01, 2001

  Yobanna Genao was a 36-year old court reporter earning an impressive salary and raising three children on her own when, in 1997, she contracted a chronic illness that eventually made