Surviving Lupus in the Bronx
Bronx residents battling Lupus — systemic lupus erythematosus (S.L.E) — have found a better way to cope with their disease by turning to support groups.
Bronx CAN Health Initiative
The Bronx CAN (Change Attitude Now) Health Initiative encourages people to stay healthy. “Smaller portions, less salt, less sugar, more water and more exercise.”
Harvest Home Farmer’s Market
Staggering increases in obesity rates and weight related illnesses in the United States have become a growing epidemic. In New York City alone, 3.2 million New Yorkers are either overweight or obese. This issue has inspired the formation of programs to educate and provide access to living a healthier lifestyle and Harvest Home Farmers markets […]
Holistic Health Counselor Margarita Saja
Many people don’t have the time to think the food they are consuming. Margarita has tips on eating better and staying healthy.
Visiting Nurse Service of New York
Whether you’re looking for senior care for an elderly parent, assistance making dietary and lifestyle changes after a diagnosis, help with changing surgical dressings and caring for wounds, or physical therapy; the Visiting Nurse Service of New York can provide home health care when you need it. Ellen Murphy, clinical director of Bronx acute care division VNSNY educated us on the details of home care living.
Organ Donors: 1 Life Can Save 8
A kidney recipient’s brush with death motivates him to volunteer with the New York Organ Donor Network.
Eating Disorders Don’t Discriminate
There is a popular misconception that Hispanic and African American women are culturally immune to developing eating disorders.
Restaurants Learn Their ABC’s
Have you ever discovered an extra crunch that wasn’t supposed to be in a dish that you ordered? And then noticed it had legs?