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  • Women & Autoimmunity Diseases

    Women & Autoimmunity Diseases
    2025/05/27
    Dr. Jeanine Cook-Garard learns about a topic that affects millions of women but often flies under the radar: autoimmune diseases. These conditions can be life- altering—and women are far more likely to be affected. Why is that? She speaks with Dr. Christine Stamatos, a New York-based nurse practitioner, and the Director of the Fibromyalgia Long Covid Clinic, working in the Division Rheumatology department at Northwell Health, which collaborates with the health system’s Katz Women’s Institute for Health, and she is an Assistant Professor at the Hofstra Northwell School of Graduate Nursing and Physician Assistant Studies. Joining Christine is Dr. Amber Garrick, a rheumatology nurse practitioner also with Northwell Health.
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    29 分
  • Cataract Surgery

    Cataract Surgery
    2025/05/20
    Dr. Jeanine Cook-Garard learns about eye care—specifically, cataracts and the surgical options available to restore clear vision. Learn about what causes cataracts, how they affect your sight, and what you need to know about cataract surgery. She speaks with Dr. Daniel Charles Hamou, an Ophthalmologist at the Northwell Health Eye Institutes at Port Jefferson, Ridge and Riverhead, NY.
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    28 分
  • Harmony Healthcare Long Island

    Harmony Healthcare Long Island
    2025/05/13
    Many of us have been to an urgent care center, which were created to lessen the burden on local emergency rooms for every day ailments. But some of them have become expensive, and not all of them accept every insurance available. But, Harmony Healthcare Long Island provides affordable, evidenced-based, quality health services to everyone in the neighborhood, regardless of insurance status or the ability to pay. Dr. Jeanine Cook-Garard talks with David Nemiroff, the President & CEO of Harmony Healthcare Long Island.
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    29 分
  • Autism, and AutiServe Consulting

    Autism, and AutiServe Consulting
    2025/05/06
    Dr. Jeanine Cook-Garard talks about autism, because a new report shows that rates of autism diagnoses have increased. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he was determined to find the cause of the rise, including what he calls the ”environmental exposures" behind the rise. Jeanine talks with Raina Townsend, the CEO & Founder of AutiServe Consulting, an Educational Consulting Business based in Melville that provides support and guidance to special needs children and their families, while expanding community resources.
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    28 分
  • Children & Mental Health

    Children & Mental Health
    2025/04/29
    Dr. Jeanine Cook-Garard learns about children’s mental health. From anxiety and depression to the impact of social media and school stress, we learn about the signs, the science, and the support systems every family should know. She speaks with Kathy Rivera, the CEO and Executive Director of the North Shore Child & Family Guidance Center, a not-for-profit children’s mental health agency on Long Island that is dedicated to restoring and strengthening the emotional well-being of children from birth through age 24 and their families.
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    28 分
  • Melanoma and Skin Cancers

    Melanoma and Skin Cancers
    2025/04/22
    According to the American Cancer Society, approximately 5-and-a-half million cases of non-melanoma skin cancer are diagnosed each year in the US. Many of those cancers are highly preventable. In addition, though, about 100 thousand news cases of melanoma are diagnosed each year, making skin cancer the most common cancer in the US. Dr. Jeanine Cook-Garard talks with Dr. Bhuvanesh Singh, surgical director of the Skin Cancer Program at the Northwell Health Cancer Institute. A board-certified otolaryngologist and head and neck surgeon with extensive experience in oncological and reconstructive surgery, Dr. Singh has published over 190 articles in major journals, is a co-editor of two medical textbooks, and has received numerous research grants.
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    29 分
  • Death Doulas

    Death Doulas
    2025/04/15
    Dr. Jeanine Cook-Garard talks with Dr. Elizabeth Anne Wood, a Professor of Sociology in the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences here at Nassau Community College. Dr. Wood is also a death doula - and unfortunately, dealing with death can sometimes be a sad reality when thinking about our health. Dr. Wood has volunteered at the Palliative Care and Inpatient Hospice Unit at her local hospital, where she is exploring the creation of including doulas on their palliative care and
    inpatient hospice team.
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    29 分
  • FOXG1 Syndrome - Believe In A Cure

    FOXG1 Syndrome - Believe In A Cure
    2025/04/01
    Dr. Jeanine Cook-Garard meets Scott Reich, a father from Port Washington who had to face the horrible news that his very young son, Eli, was diagnosed with a rare neurological condition that severely impacts the brain called FOXG1 Syndrome – a devastating condition caused by a mutation in the FOXG1 gene that reduces the amount of a protein critical for brain development. There’s no cure. There are no clinical trials. Existing research is limited. This is why Scott created Believe In a Cure, a non-profit foundation that is working relentlessly to find and fund a cure for FOXG1 Syndrome.
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    29 分