Yay, summer’s here! While we at Westchester Health encourage everyone to get outdoors and enjoy the sun, we also want to express some words of caution and share important information about the risk of sunburn, how to prevent it, what to do if your child sustains a burn, and when it might be an emergency.
As part of Northwell Health Physician Partners, we at Westchester Health would like to share the following article from Northwell Health concerning the COVID-19 outbreak. In brief, the article discusses: the differences between COVID-19 and the flu how COVID-19 is more deadly and much more contagious no one has immunity the danger of thinking COVID-19 […]
Summer’s here, with sunshine and warm temperatures beckoning us to spend time outside. But summer also means that Lyme disease-carrying ticks are on the move, looking for animals and people to attach to and possibly infect. To help us all enjoy the great outdoors safely, we at Westchester Health offer the following tips for avoiding […]
Left to right: Dr. Lawrence Goldstein with Morgan Berardi, Keith Berardi and Kara Berardi of Peekskill Brewery. Photo: Howard Copeland It almost sounds like a tall tale: A Westchester Health physician who’s also a world-ranked standup paddleboarder contacted a local brewery about an after-party for a rescheduled paddleboard race and ended up spearheading the delivery […]
Summer is that wonderful, carefree time of year when families spend a lot more time outdoors swimming, hiking, biking, camping, barbecuing and enjoying a host of other activities. A downside of all this outdoor fun, however, is that it can cause injuries, especially for children. But it doesn’t have to be that way — most child […]
Westchester Health, member of Northwell Health Physician Partners, is now offering Covid-19 antibody testing to our patients. This testing provides quick and reliable results which are crucial to understanding how the virus has spread and will be critical to fully opening up our economy. What does this mean for you? Your questions answered here. Below, […]
As part of Northwell Health Physician Partners, we at Westchester Health would like to share the following article from Northwell Health concerning the COVID-19 outbreak. In brief, the article discusses: maintain a daily routine kids need time for play along with their schoolwork for activities, think outside the box help kids connect with their friends […]
As a urologist, from time to time I get anxious calls from patients who have noticed blood in their urine. I completely understand why they are upset, because seeing blood in your urine can be alarming. While in many cases the cause is harmless, blood in urine (hematuria) can sometimes indicate a serious disorder. To […]
As part of Northwell Health Physician Partners, we at Westchester Health would like to share the following article from Northwell Health concerning the COVID-19 outbreak, written by Lorry Rubin, MD, Chief of Division of Pediatrics, Pediatric Infectious Diseases, North Shore University Hospital. In brief, the article discusses: that most COVID-19 cases are milder in children […]
If you have a child with allergies, most likely you are familiar with anaphylaxis, a severe, potentially life-threatening allergic reaction. The most common anaphylactic reactions are to foods, insect stings and medications, and they can occur within seconds or minutes of exposure to an allergen. These reactions can happen to children at any age, including […]