Oct. 25, 2023 Corazon Aguirre & Kirstyn Brendlen
As Breast Cancer Awareness month drew to a close, One Brooklyn Health brought together 60 breast cancer patients and survivors for an afternoon of pampering and celebrations at Brookdale Hospital.
Oct. 11, 2023 By Isabel Song Beer Breast cancer is the second leading cause of cancer deaths in women, and a diagnosis can be scary and isolating. But, for decades, organizations like Maimonides Medical Center, the National Breast Cancer Foundation, NYU Langone Hospital – Brooklyn, and the Susan G. Komen Foundation have partnered with local communities…
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Oct. 10, 2023 By Jada Camille
Maimonides Medical Center raised more than $500,000 for its Breast Cancer Center at the 10th annual Pink Runway Fashion Show last week.
Sep. 1, 2023 By Kirstyn Brendlen
As part of its ongoing assault against blood-sucking insects and the diseases they carry, the city will treat parts of southern Brooklyn with mosquito-killing pesticides next week to reduce the risk of West Nile Virus.
Aug. 28, 2023 By Félix V. Matos Rodríguez Over the next four years, Lillian Lee and her classmates at the CUNY School of Medicine at The City College of New York will have an experience unlike that of most American medical students. CUNY Med was established to change the way medical care is delivered in communities like Harlem, East New York and the South Bronx, and to do it in a culturally competent way. “We get to have the privilege of going to different underserved communities and interacting with patients, hearing their stories, understanding their narratives and learning about their cultures. It’s something that money…
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Aug. 25, 2023 By Adam Daly
Bed-Stuy’s Interfaith Medical Center unveiled a newly renovated 24-bed behavioral health unit during a ribbon-cutting ceremony Wednesday, and will begin admitting patients as soon as next week to the second of four planned psychiatric units at the Central Brooklyn campus.
Aug. 23, 2023 By Adam Daly
An estimated 10% of all future surgeries carried out at Maimonides Medical Center will be robot-assisted, thanks to the addition of three new-state of the-art machines in Brooklyn.
Aug. 9, 2023 By Melissa Fishman
A prominent vascular surgeon based in Borough Park received the prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award from the Society of Vascular Surgery last month.
Jul. 26, 2023 By Kirstyn Brendlen
Maimonides Medical Center cut the ribbon on its new full-service emergency department in Bay Ridge on Tuesday, bringing 24/7 emergency care to the residents of Bay Ridge, Dyker Heights, Bensonhurst, and the surrounding nabes.
Jul. 20, 2023 By Isabel Song Beer
July is on average New York City’s hottest month of the year, and with climate change steadily heating up the planet, summer months will undoubtedly increase in temperature: the first week of July this year was the hottest week ever recorded, with global temperatures breaking previously-set record highs.