Health

Your Heart Is In Your Hands
Health Queens Courier Staff 5/07/2012 at 2:02PM

Know the risk factors for heart disease that you can control, and make heart-healthy choices to reduce those risks. • High blood pressure. Over half of all adults with high blood pressure are women. This condition can increase your risk of stroke and heart attack. High blood pressure usually has no symptoms, so talk to [...]

Peninsula Hospital set to close on Monday according to report
Peninsula Hospital set to close on Monday according to report
Health Melissa Chan 4/06/2012 at 4:04PM

According to published reports, Peninsula Hospital will shut its doors for good on Monday, April 9. Hospital officials did not yet confirm, and local leaders could not verify the rumored sudden termination. Peninsula has already submitted a closure plan to the state Department of Health (DOH), which as of April 3 was still under review, [...]

A mission born from a cause
A mission born from a cause
Education & Kids Melissa Chan 12/20/2011 at 1:06PM

Fifteen-year-old Carly Rose Nieves is turning ordinary people into heroes, one pint of blood at a time. For the second year in a row, the Middle Village teen — and her team of family members and friends — organized a blood drive and bone marrow registry at Christ the King (CTK) Regional High School. The [...]

Vote for the best in Queens health & beauty
Health Billy Rennison 12/16/2011 at 11:18AM

Don’t forget to cast your vote for the best in Queens health and beauty. The Queens Courier’s Best of the Boro competition’s second category received over 400 nominations and has already received over 44,000 votes. Everyone has a doctor or hair dresser who is “the best.” Now, you have the chance to decide who truly [...]

More people pedaling in NYC
More people pedaling in NYC
Health Billy Rennison 12/14/2011 at 1:36PM

As New Yorkers spin their wheels thinking of ways to save money with the nation in the midst of a recession and gas approaching $4 per gallon, a record number of residents are spinning a different set of wheels. The New York City Department of Transportation (DOT) announced recently that biking has doubled over the [...]

New Classes Added to Aerobics Course Offerings
Health Jessica Lyons 11/28/2011 at 4:15PM

The Country Club has made some changes to its aerobics class offerings, in part to accommodate residents who are unable to attend daytime classes. Shelley Sander, chair of the Gym, Aerobics and Pool (GAP) Committee, said that they had received requests from members because the class schedule was heavily loaded during daytime hours when many [...]

Is it worth the calories?
Health Queens Courier Staff 11/25/2011 at 4:41PM

By Mirabai Holland, MFA © 2011 Last year, I threw my arms up in the air and decided I wasn’t going to diet over the holidays — and I didn’t. I went wherever my instincts took me. If I wanted a piece of pie, I had a piece of pie. If I wanted it a la mode [...]

Healthfirst celebrates new corporate HQ
Healthfirst celebrates new corporate HQ
Health Queens Courier Staff 11/14/2011 at 2:06PM

Healthfirst, a not-for-profit managed care organization offering low or no-cost health insurance to eligible individuals and families living in the New York metropolitan area and New Jersey, celebrated the opening of its new corporate headquarters at 100 Church Street in Lower Manhattan with a ribbon-cutting ceremony. This special ceremony, attended by numerous local politicians, marked [...]

Moving Free® with Mirabai
Moving Free® with Mirabai
Health Queens Courier Staff 10/27/2011 at 5:16PM

For a week now I have been nursing the flu. I’ve been mostly in bed and it’s very frustrating. I can feel the fitness juice draining out of me. Several times I’ve thought of getting out of bed and putting on my sneakers, but each time, my body, lungs and head have said, “Whoa maybe [...]