From left to right: Richard Barakat, MD, Town Supervisor of North Hempstead Jennifer DeSena, Eileen O’Donnell, Rita Mercieca, A. Samer Al-Homsi, MD, Jon Sendach, David Brody and Michael Gitman, MD.

The bariatric surgery programs at Northwell’s Long Island Jewish (LIJ) Medical Center and Cohen Children’s Medical Center have earned a three-year quality accreditation. The American College of ...

North Shore University Hospital dermatologist Silvija Gottesman, MD, and Town of North Hempstead Supervisor Jennifer DeSena announce a summer sunscreen program. Credit: Town of North Hempstead North ...

Last summer, Geetha Ettikkalayil noticed a few curious changes in her body. She was losing hair and bruising easily and, without trying, she’d lost some weight. An eternal optimist with a perpetual ...

Beyond the critical concern of skin cancer and potential eye damage, sun protection also safeguards against premature aging, preventing age spots and leathery texture that can detract from a youthful ...

Northwell Health, New York’s largest non-for-profit health care provider and private employer, today announced that after serving as Northwell’s first president and chief executive officer for more ...

John M. Murphy, MD, president and CEO of Nuvance Health, shakes hands with Michael Dowling, president and CEO of Northwell Health. The system now comprises 104,000 employees operating across New York ...

A night sky glowing with fire in the mountains, thousands of emergency personnel deployed, and hundreds of thousands more ordered to evacuate from their homes. A series of wildfires in Los Angeles ...

Rising inflation at the supermarket has changed the way Americans buy food, altering family menus and daily diets as shoppers stretch their dollars to feed their families. Higher food prices hurt ...

Northwell Lenox Hill Hospital has been named one of Healthgrades’ 50 best hospitals in the U.S. for 2025, placing it in the top 1% nationwide for overall excellence in care and superior outcomes. It ...

New guidelines suggest no amount of drinking is healthy as attitudes towards alcohol change and drinking rates drop in the U.S. Health is generally top of mind in the new year. And while going to the ...

On the heels of yet another mass school shooting in Georgia in September and in Madison, Wisconsin in December, the nation's gun violence epidemic will be a key issue in the coming years with half of ...