BOROUGH PARK – Maimonides Medical Center recently announced that the American College of Surgeons (ACS) has recognized its “Exemplary Outcomes� in surgical patient care. This designation comes as a result of participation in the ACS National {read more...}

What should I do to prevent poisoning and what measures should I take in the event of poisoning?

Many common substances are hazardous to your health if misused or abused. To minimize the risk of poisoning, it’s important to read the label before using a product. {read more...}

By Harold Egeln
Brooklyn Eagle

As the threat of swine flu (H1N1) looms large, and cold weather already chills the city with an approaching predicted chillier-than-normal winter, influenza vaccinations are a prime concern everywhere. {read more...}

Dr. Tucker Woods is head of the Long Island College Hospital’s Emergency Department. The last time we checked with him there regarding swine flu, or the H1N1 virus, the place was inundated with patients, most complaining of mild {read more...}

By Karen Matthews
Associated Press

NEW YORK — Students at 125 elementary schools got the swine flu vaccine Wednesday in the first phase of the city's drive to make inoculation available to all school-age children.

School nurses administered the vaccine to students whose parents have signed consent forms. Officials do not yet know what percentage of parents citywide have signed the forms, but said it varied from school to school.

Some children were getting shots instead of {read more...}

By Raanan Geberer
Brooklyn Daily Eagle

BOROUGH HALL – Outside Borough Hall on Friday, people lined up at booths set up by health organizations as doctors, nurses and pharmacy interns took blood pressure, distributed literature and gave medical advice. The biggest line was for flu shots at a booth operated by the city Health Department, and people rolled up their sleeves to get injections.

Inside the building, health organizations and hospitals screened for glaucoma, diabetes and {read more...}

By Harold Egeln
Brooklyn Daily Eagle

BAY RIDGE – Congressman Michael McMahon is in the “waiting room� on two major health care reform bills he spelled out to an audience of more than 300 people {read more...}

Dr. Demetrius was described as a “linchpin� of the Kings Highway Division by A. Dino {read more...}

BROOKLYN — Long Island College Hospital (LICH) Acting President Dominick Stanzione recently reported to the Ad Hoc Committee for LICH on the current status of negotiations between LICH and SUNY-Downstate for a new affiliation between the {read more...}

By Harold Egeln
Brooklyn Daily Eagle

BAY RIDGE – A preview of Congressman Mike McMahon’s planned Brooklyn healthcare town hall meeting happened on Staten Island on Monday evening when a large number of people turned out {read more...}

There are an estimated 200 million people worldwide infected with HCV — �making it one of the greatest public health threats faced in this century, and perhaps one of the greatest threats to be faced in the next {read more...}