Ensuring a voice for the sick
byStory written by Adria Goldman Gross Often what you suffer in this world can open the door to fulfillment — for you and…
HEALTH & FITNESS
Not another ‘Bah! Humbug!’ fitness article
byIt’s that time of year again when someone like me writes an article about your health this holiday season. Don’t worry, I won’t be…
Lift weight to lose weight
byYou’ve probably heard it before: You need to lift weights. It will help maintain bone density, keep your body fat down, lower your risk…
Treating from the heart
byWhen you think of Park Avenue plastic surgeons, you think of glamorous doctors and their equally glamorous patients — movie stars and models visiting…
Dr. Robert Inesta’s holistic approach
byStory and photograph by Lauren Sharkey. “If you think about a computer, you have the hardware and then you have the software,” says…
Good eats, good life
by“People here are very nutrition-savvy,” Jacqui Justice, director of nutrition at NY Health & Wellness Westchester in Harrison, says of WAG country. “They come…
Nadine Hokayem’s holistic approach
byWhen prospective patients visit Nadine Hokayem’s naturopathic clinic, Medicine by Nature, most likely they’ve come there for one reason. “Usually the first couple sentences…
No (simple) carb-loading here
byI know, I know, we have pretty much had enough of diets and the never-ending, constantly contradictory advice we get from our loved ones…
Scent of a woman – and a man
byRecently, while doing a TV interview about sex and my upcoming book, the interviewer, a lovely man, seemed stumped when I said both men…
The fluid sex
byA few years ago, a patient came to see me who told me a story unlike anything I had ever heard before. The patient,…
The no face-lift French?
byMireille Guiliano, the woman who taught three million of her readers that “French Women Don’t Get Fat” (Alfred A. Knopf), was back at her…
The super power of hormones
byBy Erika Schwartz, MD When my editor gave me the topic for this month’s column, I thought it funny. Doesn’t everyone know how hormones…
The genuine pearls of medical wisdom
byBy Erika Schwartz, MD When I was in medical school and then in training in Brooklyn at Kings County Hospital, I saw the most…
No jewel like our armed forces – and their reservists
byAs I was writing this column on Veterans Day, I was moved to reflect broadly on the effects of war on military surgeons in…
The importance of your voice in health care
byIf we all had voices, medical care would be a lot better for us and the outcomes would be more positive and far less…
A nose for voices
byNose jobs are so commonplace as to seem routine – to everyone but singers, that is. But whether you sing or not, rhinoplasty, as…
More than skin deep
byBy Dana Ramos Laser technology is being used widely for numerous medical conditions, including various skin problems. Indeed when it comes to the body’s…
Handing it to youthfulness
byBy Alicia T. Cappelli Many of us don’t think of our extremities as being objects of beauty. However, our hands (and feet) are areas…
The fight to overcome breast cancer endures
byOctober is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, a time to reflect on where we are in treating this disease and how far we need…
Style – a prescription for wellness
byBy Erika Schwartz, MD “Dress for success. The clothes make the man. You are what you wear. Dress like a slob, work like a…