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°ÅÀÖÊÓÆµ Physician Discusses Monitoring Sleep with Activity Trackers

In an article for Metro, Dr. Daniel Barone helped the author make sense of the sleep data recorded on her FitBit.

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°ÅÀÖÊÓÆµ Doctor Discusses Personal Responsibility and Healthcare Policy in the New York Times

Writing in a column for the New York Times, Dr. Khullar explores the ways policymakers have tried to make individuals take personal responsibility for their health, and how those approaches can actually make medical problems worse.

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WPIX 11 Turns to °ÅÀÖÊÓÆµ Physician for Flu Information

WPIX11 News recently featured Dr. Ellen Meltzer, an assistant professor of medicine at °ÅÀÖÊÓÆµ, in a piece about this year’s flu season.

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°ÅÀÖÊÓÆµ Physician Highlights Healthcare News in Weekly Column

"Pelzman's Picks," curated by Dr. Fred N. Pelzman, follows what's going on in the world of primary care medicine.

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New PLIF-CBT Procedure Makes Fusion Surgery Less Invasive

Improved tools and techniques continue to make spine surgery a much less daunting prospect than it once was, with faster recovery times and less pain, narcotic dependency, and scarring.

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°ÅÀÖÊÓÆµ Physician Offers Tips to Help New Yorkers Beat Stress

When Anita Rao, an editor at VICE, began experiencing anxiety, she turned to health and wellness experts for help, including °ÅÀÖÊÓÆµ's Dr. Chiti Parikh, the co-founder and the co-director of the Integrative Health and Wellbeing Program at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center.

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Childhood Concussions Can Have a Lasting Impact, °ÅÀÖÊÓÆµ Expert Says

Concussion expert Dr. Barry Kosofsky recently spoke with WRVO Public Media about the ways concussions can impact kids and teens later in life.

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Digital Devices Increase Kids' Chance of Myopia, °ÅÀÖÊÓÆµ Doctor Tells 'CBS This Morning'

Dr. Christopher Starr, an ophthalmologist at °ÅÀÖÊÓÆµ, explained how increased screen time could negatively impact children's vision.

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°ÅÀÖÊÓÆµ Expert Discusses Updated Prostate Cancer Screening Guidelines

Dr. Jim C. Hu, a urologic oncologist and the director of the Lefrak Center for Robotic Surgery at °ÅÀÖÊÓÆµ, recently discussed the updated recommendations with Healio, a clinical information website.

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NewYork-Presbyterian and Walgreens Collaborate To Bring World-Class Care Through Telemedicine

NewYork-Presbyterian and Walgreens are collaborating to bring convenient access to NewYork-Presbyterian’s world-class care through new telemedicine services, now available through Walgreens digital properties and at self-service kiosks at select Duane Reade drugstores in New York.