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How to Help Ease Your Child’s Food Allergies

By Punita Ponda, MD, FAAAAI, FACAAI, Chief, Division of Allergy & Immunology, Children’s Hospital at Montefiore Manhattan Voice May 1, 2025 NEW YORK - May is Food Allergy Awareness Month and as most of us see around us, childhood food allergies are increasing. Most people know of, or have friends and family members, who have food allergies. Food allergies are very difficult for all the family members of a child with that diagnosis. Everything from grocery shopping to going out to eat, or visiting someone, becomes stressful. A diagnosis of food allergies should be made with the guidance of your doctor, after they discuss your child’s history and perform a physical exam. This can involve doing skin testing or blood testing to check for the allergy after a child has a reaction upon eating the food. A typical allergic reaction to a food may look like hives, redness of the skin, itchiness, lip swelling, vomiting...

Know the Early Signs of Autism

How Parents Can Access Support for Autism By Rebecca Polchinski, DO, Developmental Medicine Specialist, Children’s Hospital at Montefiore Manhattan Voice April 17, 2025 NEW YORK - Autism spectrum disorder is just that – a spectrum. Each individual has their own set of strengths and weaknesses that makes them their unique self. Supporting an individual’s needs while also embracing their differences is important in creating a more inclusive community. This is especially relevant as the rates of autism increase, with the CDC estimating that 1 in 36 children in the U.S. are on the autism spectrum. Improvements in diagnosis and awareness are likely contributing to this change. The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that all children be screened for autism at 18- and 24-months of age in addition to regular developmental surveillance. Screening at this age allows young toddlers to recei...

Would-be Rapist Strikes in Chinatown

Woman Assaulted in Train Station The NYPD is searching for this man in connection with an attemped rape inside a subway station on the Lower East Side. -Photo by NYPD By Dan Gesslein Manhattan Voice April 9, 2025 MANHATTAN - Cops are looking for a would-be rapist who attacked a woman inside a Lower East Side subway station. Investigators released new surveillance video of the suspect. At around 2:30 am on April 7, a 30-year-old woman was waiting on the northbound F train platform at the Rutgers Street and East Broadway subway station. A man walked up behind the straphanger and she began to walk away. As the woman rode the up elevator away from the platform, the man followed close behind. Cops say the man then grabbed the woman, forcibly pushed her pants down and tried to rape her. During the struggle, the victim ...

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