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New Data Shows Wealth Gap Driving Health Disparities in NYC
1+ hour, 31+ min ago (421+ words) There are significant inequities in wealth and health outcomes across the 11 most common racial and ethnic groups in New York City, with Black and Latino New Yorkers reporting less wealth have worse health outcomes compared to others, according to a…...
Climate Change is Putting Mothers And Children at Risk
2+ day, 3+ hour ago (643+ words) Climate Change is Putting Mothers And Children at Risk'BKReader Climate Change is Putting Mothers And Children at Risk When most people hear about climate change, they often imagine flooded streets or wildfires blazing out in the wild. But the threat…...
Kings County Hospital Opens Center to Treat Child Abuse And Trauma
1+ week, 3+ day ago (370+ words) Kings County Hospital Opens Center to Treat Child Abuse And Trauma'BKReader Kings County Hospital Opens Center to Treat Child Abuse And Trauma NYC Health + Hospitals/Kings County has opened a new clinical practice in central Brooklyn focused on the evaluation,…...
Building Parent Power For Early Intervention in Brooklyn
1+ week, 5+ day ago (639+ words) Despite freezing temperatures, a group of Brownsville education advocates and parents gathered on a recent weekend, united by a shared mission: securing additional early intervention resources for eastern Brooklyn. About 10 parents attended a training session led by'the nonprofit'United for Brownsville'at…...
Brooklyn Borough President Funds 5 Mobility Vans For Midwood Org
2+ week, 5+ day ago (269+ words) Brooklyn Borough President Funds 5 Mobility Vans For Midwood Org'BKReader Brooklyn Borough President Funds 5 Mobility Vans For Midwood Org Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso joined leaders from HASC Center, community members and families on Thursday for a ribbon cutting celebrating the…...
New Brooklyn Program Centralizes Care For Violence Survivors
3+ week, 2+ day ago (438+ words) NYC Health + Hospitals/Kings County in East Flatbush launches Kings CARES, a new program providing centralized medical, forensic and social support for survivors of domestic and gender-based violence. New Brooklyn Program Centralizes Care For Violence Survivors NYC Health + Hospitals/Kings…...
Brooklyn's Maimonides Launches NYC’s First Women’s Neurology Center
3+ week, 5+ day ago (301+ words) Brooklyn's Maimonides Launches NYC's First Women's Neurology Center'BKReader Brooklyn's Maimonides Launches NYC's First Women's Neurology Center Maimonides Health on Thursday launched a new Women's Neurology Center, a specialized practice combining neurology and OB/GYN care to address women's neurologic health…...
Seasonal Affective Disorder Isn’t Just The ‘Winter Blues’—It’s Depression
4+ week, 2+ hour ago (386+ words) Every winter, millions of Americans go through something more than just the "winter blues." Some people who have been down as the days get shorter and colder may be experiencing feelings that extend into the realm of clinical depression. Seasonal…...
Fake Doctor Indicted in Brooklyn for Botched Brazilian Butt Lift
4+ week, 1+ day ago (220+ words) A woman who falsely claimed to be a cosmetic surgeon in Brooklyn was indicted on Friday after allegedly performing a Brazilian butt lift without a medical license,leaving a 46-year-old woman with life-threatening injuries. The investigation found that on May…...
A Health Clinic Serving Young New Yorkers Opens in Brooklyn
1+ mon, 2+ day ago (359+ words) A new health clinic geared towards teens and young adults opened at NYC Health + Hospitals/Woodhull on Thursday. New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani joined NYC Health + Hospitals and MetroPlusHealth officials to announce the launch of the clinic, which will…...