Cervical Cancer: Healthbeat Brooklyn

The statistics say the average age that women get cervical cancer is in the mid to late-40s.. Meet a vibrant young woman, who years before, contracted HPV (the virus that can lead to cervical cancer) and developed the disease. Now she’s determined to help other younger women avoid what she went through. For more information [...]

I Said, “Get Your Hearing Checked!” : Healthbeat Brooklyn

When’s the last time you had an examination for your hearing? Too many of us take it for granted, so at Kings County Hospital Ctr, an audiologist tests an adult as well as a three-week-old baby. An Ear, Nose Throat specialist also talks about surgical procedures and new cochlear implant technology. For more information about [...]

Meals for Moms: Healthbeat Brooklyn

Delighted, but drained…overjoyed, but overtired. Safe to say this is how almost all mothers of newborn babies feel, so at a time when boiling water for coffee seems like a lot, one group of Brooklyn moms started a good-neighbor policy of providing a number of home-cooked meals for each other. For more information about Meals [...]