Health

NYU students returned from its Florence campus.

Higher rates of the illness mirror an increase in weight and obesity among youth.

In the Bronx, 9.3 percent of expecting mothers do not get prenatal care until their third trimester.

ECHO Clinic is a free clinic serving uninsured people over the age of 18.

Bariatric surgery is a last resort for people who have tried to lose weight and failed.

Every two seconds someone needs blood and over 500 people must donate every day to meet the daily need.

Doctors at Montefiore Medical Center are using virtual reality to reduce trauma in young patients.

Many prosthetic options are available for those who lose a foot or leg.

Free yoga classes provide both physical and mental benefits.

St. Ann’s Corner of Harm Reduction saves lives in the Bronx.

College campuses are providing lactation rooms and workshops for expectant and new mothers.

An estimated 1.5 million people in the U.S. have with lupus, an autoimmune disease that affects organs as well as bones and joints.

Imagine going to school, work, or your local supermarket and returning home with a bacterial infection that could possibly kill you.

Five sky-high urban gardens promote environmental sustainability and nutrition in the borough.

New Yorkers traveling abroad for discounted cosmetic procedures may be operated on by unaccredited or unqualified practitioners.