When Andrew Lippmann meets with congressmen and U.S. senators from across the country this week in Washington, it won’t be a typical lobbying effort from one of many special interest groups – at least not for Lippmann. Thousands of lives
Read MoreThis is the 13th installment in an ongoing investigative series, launched in December 2022, about CareMount/Optum, broader local healthcare issues and corporate medicine. By Adam Stone Although I’ve done a ton of reporting over the past 14 months about Optum,
Read MoreIt would be understandable if Louise Praino was ever skittish about how long she might have to live given her family history. Praino’s father died of a heart attack when he was 32 years old. Her mother died of a
Read MoreTwo positive cases of toxoplasmosis stemming from one of two events at the American Legion Hall in Mount Kisco last month prompted the Westchester County Health Department to issue an urgent alert last Wednesday. Health officials are calling on anyone
Read MoreTwo Westchester County departments have collaborated to launch what is believed to be a first-in-the-nation program that trains former prisoners with addiction to become peers to help others facing similar challenges. The program, “Lives Forward,” brings together the Department of
Read MoreThis is the 12th installment in an ongoing investigative series, launched in December 2022 about CareMount/Optum, broader local healthcare issues and corporate medicine. By Adam Stone One result of launching an ongoing series about the problems at CareMount/Optum, and the
Read MoreCombating the fentanyl and opioid epidemic is a global battle. In the U.S. more than 100,000 people died in 2022 from overdosing on prescription opioids and fentanyl-laced drugs. In Westchester and Putnam counties, 2022 drug overdose death rates also rose,
Read MoreDr, Claudia Felberg made history last week when she was named the first female president of the Medical Staff at White Plains Hospital. Felberg, who previously was vice president, succeeds Dr. George Anastasian as president. She will hold the position
Read MoreBy Dr. Debra Etelson, Pediatrics Childhood obesity is an alarming global concern that has been steadily worsening over the past few decades. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates 1 in 5 children and adolescents are affected by this
Read MoreBy Adam Stone Have you ever heard of terminal lucidity? If the answer is no, that makes two of us – at least before I began to explore the miraculous phenomenon last week. As it turns out, people suffering from
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