With the start of the new year, now is the perfect time to assess your health and consider lifestyle changes that will help improve your longevity and well-being. 

If you have a cough or a cold that worsens over five to seven days or fevers/chills lasting more than three days, seek medical care as you might have pneumonia.

With recent advances in breast cancer research and treatment, doctors are often able to reduce the amount and intensity of treatment women receive, while maintaining equally good cancer outcomes, according to Sunny Mitchell, M.D., FACS, Medical Director of The Breast Center at Montefiore Nyack Hospital.

Orthopedic surgeons now have many safe options they can use to help control the pain patients experience after an operation.