Seventy percent of leaky heart valve cases, also known as mitral regurgitation, may be treated with medicine while state-of-the-art cardiac procedures can treat the rest.

The thyroid is a small gland in your neck that normally produces hormones. If you are experiencing changes in your weight, vision problems or increased sensitivity to shifts in temperature, you might have a thyroid problem.

On average, someone in the U.S. suffers a stroke every 40 seconds. Nearly 795,000 people have a new or recurrent stroke each year.

Clinical trials are medical research studies that look for new ways to prevent, detect or treat disease. Cancer patients at Montefiore Nyack Hospital are evaluated to see if they are eligible for a clinical trial.