Saving Lives, One Pint at a Time
This Monroe man has donated so much blood he’s become a fixture at Good Samaritan Hospital. BY AMY SOWDER More than 450 people may be walking, talking, laughing and crying with Pat Heffernan’s blood...
The Non-Smoking Gun
Vapor cigarettes or “e-cigarettes” — cartridges of liquid nicotine combined with a battery and heating element — are considered among teens as a safer alternative to cigarettes. The facts are foggier. BY MELISSA F....
Racing Against Time
Faced with a potentially fatal construction-site accident, the trauma team at MidHudson Regional Hospital worked quickly to save a life. BY MELISSA F. PHETERSON A mysterious puncture wound. A language barrier. A nail piercing the...
New Hip, New Hope
Try as she might, Lise Crapella, 64, couldn’t seem to shake the pain in her hip. In the course of nearly 30 years, the Suffern grandmother of two had put her body through a...
Where the Grass is Always “Greener”
If you’re a parent, you’ve probably heard or read about safety concerns arising from the use of artifical turf on athletic fields—specifically, the alleged respiratory and other health hazards of some of its chemical...
Understanding Hiatal Hernia
What exactly is hiatal hernia? Hiatal hernia, also known as the herniated stomach, is the protrusion of part of the stomach into the chest cavity through the diaphragm. A more serious problem, called gastric...
Helping “Hands”
As an accomplished general and colorectal surgeon, Peter M. Kaye, MD, FASCRS, has many tools at his disposal. But lately, the surgical instrument that’s enhancing Dr. Kaye’s practice—“making me a better surgeon”—isn’t just a...
Advancing Malawi’s Care
From Poughkeepsie to Malawi, MidHudson Regional Hospital’s new Chief of Vascular Surgery shares his medical expertise.
The HPV Vaccine: Why Aren’t Our Kids Getting It?
Reader Poll: Has your child been vaccinated against HPV? There’s a shot that preteens can receive that can prevent them from getting several types of cancer someday. But, surprisingly, many parents aren’t racing to...
The Beat Goes On
This new hedge clipper sure is powerful, Rick Nagy told himself, after a Saturday morning of yard work in August 2013. Using the trimmer had left his neck sore, and made the crooks of...
ABOUT WMCHEALTH NETWORK
The Westchester Medical Center Health Network (WMCHealth) is a 1,700-bed healthcare system headquartered in Valhalla, New York, with 10 hospitals on eight campuses spanning 6,200 square miles of the Hudson Valley. WMCHealth employs more than 13,000 people and has nearly 3,000 attending physicians. The Network has Level 1, Level 2 and Pediatric Trauma Centers, the region’s only acute care children’s hospital, an academic medical center, Primary and Comprehensive Stroke Centers, several community hospitals, dozens of specialized institutes and centers, skilled nursing, assisted living facilities, homecare services and one of the largest mental health systems in New York State. Today, WMCHealth is the pre-eminent provider of integrated healthcare in the Hudson Valley. For more information about WMCHealth, visit WMCHealth.org.
WMCHealth includes Westchester Medical Center, Maria Fareri Children's Hospital, the Behavioral Health Center, MidHudson Regional Hospital, Good Samaritan Hospital, St. Anthony Community Hospital, Bon Secours Community Hospital, HealthAlliance Hospital: Broadway Campus, HealthAlliance Hospital: Mary’s Avenue Campus, and Margaretville Hospital.
WMCHealth Physicians includes the medical practices of Advanced Physician Services and Bon Secours Medical Group.