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A pulmonary and critical care medicine expert offers tips on how to protect yourself amid unhealthy air caused by wildfire smoke. This article originally appeared in NewYork-Presbyterian Health Matters By Amanda Torres  Manhattan Voice  November 15, 2024 Follow @x NEW YORK - Recent wildfires that have broken out in the tri-state area — including a brush fire in Brooklyn’s Prospect Park  — have led to an air quality advisory of unhealthy conditions in New York City. Lingering smoke in the air can spread “fine particulate matter,” an air pollutant that is produced by fires and can cause short-term health effects. Air Quality Indexes  span from 0 to 500, and the higher the number, the greater the air pollution and potential health risks. New York City, where the air quality is  generally good , according to the city’s Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, was placed on Code Orange on November 9, which means that sens...

  Many worry about how Trump might reshape federal health policy — and how those changes could curtail local public health initiatives. This story was  originally published  by Healthbeat. Sign up for their public health newsletters at  healthbeat.org/newsletters . By  Eliza Fawcett, Healthbeat Follow @x NEW YORK - The day after Donald Trump secured a second presidential term, New York officials pledged to protect residents’ reproductive rights and  access to health care — and experts braced for a likely assault on local public health systems. “No matter who is president or what party controls Congress, this city will always stand up for the rights of women, our immigrant brothers and sisters, our LGBTQ+ community and millions of others,” New York City Mayor Eric Adams said during a press briefing Wednesday at City Hall. On Tuesday night, New Yorkers overwhelmingly passed Proposition 1 , also known as the Equal Rights Ame...

First Day of School at Mount Sinai Phillips School of Nursing: New Beginnings and Shared Aspirations By Diego Ortiz Quintero Special to Mount Sinai  Manhattan Voice  September 17, 2024 Follow @x NEW YORK - A group of students from varied backgrounds, but all aspiring to help others, recently began an exciting new chapter in their lives at the Mount Sinai Phillips School of Nursing, as they embarked on their first day of a journey that promises to be both challenging and rewarding.  The students are part of the 15th cohort to purse an Accelerated Bachelors of Science in Nursing, which is Mount Sinai’s program designed for individuals who have completed a baccalaureate degree in a non-nursing discipline or major to prepare for the NCLEX-RN licensure examination. This program is important because, according to the American Association of Colleges of Nursing, the United States is projected to experience a shortage of Registered Nurses that is expected to intensify ...

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy App Improves Anxiety in Young Adults This article was originally published by NewYork Presbyterian Hospital. Follow @x NEW YORK - Researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine and NewYork-Presbyterian found that a self-guided cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) app, called Maya, significantly reduced anxiety in young adults struggling with mental health challenges. The decrease in anxiety symptoms was clinically and statistically significant at six weeks and continued at the 12-week follow-up period with improvement levels similar to anxiety medication studies. The study, published Aug. 20 in JAMA Network Open, looked at how young adults ages 18 to 25 would respond to CBT from an app called Maya, which Weill Cornell Medicine researchers began developing in 2019 in collaboration with members of Weill Cornell Information Technologies & Services.   CBT is a gold standard psychotherapeutic intervention that provides users with skills to support them in ...