In 2020, 6.3 million Americans were over 85 years old, accounting for 1.9% of the total population. The Northeast and Midwest tended to have the highest shares of people aged 85 and older; these ...

Mather Hospital recently marked a new milestone: surgeons performing the hospital’s 10,000th bariatric surgery. The hospital offers gastric bypass, revisional surgery, gastric band and sleeve ...

Quyen Wong, DNP, MPA, RN, NE-BC, is Northern Westchester Hospital's associate executive director of patient care and chief nursing officer. Photo credit: Northwell Health. The accomplished nurse ...

Jill Whyte, MD, talks ovarian cancer on Northwell's 20-Minute Health Talk podcast. Gynecologic oncologist Jill Whyte, MD joins the 20-Minute Health Talk podcast during Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month ...

New program on Staten Island aims to help patients prevent heart disease ...

Nikki Girimarte, RN, cares for Northwell Health’s youngest patients at Cohen Children’s Medical Center. Photo Credit: Northwell Health The hospital was ranked second highest in New York State by U.S.

New York cancer death rates plummet, biggest drop among Black residents ...

Northwell Live returns with Nurse Choir auditions at Carnegie Hall showcase ...

Northwell Health’s annual Pink by the Bay event kicked off at Babylon Town Hall with a health fair to promote Breast Cancer Awareness Month in October. Pink by the Bay is a towns-wide initiative ...

Northwell Health and the Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, in partnership with Broadridge Financial Solutions, have announced the establishment of an endowed deanship ...

I had a stark reminder of that this summer when videos of women writhing and grimacing during IUD insertions and removals, or colposcopies, started making the social media rounds. They are far from ...