Health & Nutrition

Free Range Kids – “My Daughter, 10, Wondered Why the Boy Walking Her Home Wanted to Go In The Alley”

Free Range Kids – “My Daughter, 10, Wondered Why the Boy Walking Her Home Wanted to Go In The Alley”

A mom lets her daughter walk home. The girl’s new friend, an older, taller boy, walks home with her…and starts talking about weird stuff. One mom’s surprising and Free-Range story: Dear Free-Range Kids:  My daughter is 10, our only child. […]

by · January 26, 2015 · Family, Health & Nutrition
Free Range Kids – Boy, 10, Bikes 20 Miles into NYC. Arrest the Parents?

Free Range Kids – Boy, 10, Bikes 20 Miles into NYC. Arrest the Parents?

Post by Contributor Lenore Skenazy Did you hear about the 10-year-old who rode his bike across the George Washington Bridge to New York City?! He says he, “pedaled twenty miles down unfamiliar roads and busy streets, past neighbors and strangers, out into […]

by · January 20, 2015 · Family, Health & Nutrition
Abuse and Inadequate Care in Nursing Homes Continue

Abuse and Inadequate Care in Nursing Homes Continue

As I opined in an editorial a few months ago, the care in nursing homes is not as it should be. Those seniors who spend their last years in nursing homes are not treated in a manner which is dignified and […]

Shape Up NYC

Shape Up NYC

Shaping Up has never been this easy! Shape Up NYC offers free fitness classes every week at dozens of locations across the five boroughs. Shape Up NYC classes are taught by expert fitness instructors who know how to make fitness […]

by · January 13, 2015 · Bulletin Board, Health & Nutrition
P&J Beacon Announces a Low Impact Fitness Class for Adults

P&J Beacon Announces a Low Impact Fitness Class for Adults

by · December 27, 2014 · Bulletin Board, Health & Nutrition
Russell Malone

Jazz Legends for Disability Pride – Benefit Concert on January 8

As announced in a previous column, plans are moving along for Disability Pride in July. On January 8, Jazz Legends for the Disabled will be held at the Quaker Meeting Hall in Manhattan. Many of the great jazz musicians will […]

The Disabled: Too Often Ignored

The Disabled: Too Often Ignored

On November 24, many pressing disability issues were discussed at a meeting of the 504 Democratic Club. The 504 Democratic Club is the most vocal and proactive political club advocating for the needs of the disabled in New York City, […]

STATEMENT FROM BOROUGH PRESIDENT DIAZ RE: World AIDS Day

“Today, December 1, we recognize World AIDS Day.  I want to take this opportunity to remind Bronxites, and in fact all New Yorkers, that knowing your status is incredibly important, and is the best way to combat HIV/AIDS.  When you […]

by · December 2, 2014 · Bulletin Board, Health & Nutrition
The consequences of fossil fuels.

Clean Air: Thank you Richard Nixon, George H. W. Bush and Barack Obama

It is with much enthusiasm that I read that President Obama is using the Clean Air Act, as enacted under President Nixon’s administration, to bolster the need for tougher protection of our environment, and to drastically cut down on coal […]

by · November 28, 2014 · Editorials, Health & Nutrition
Tecumseh Ceaser AICH Youth Council President

Celebration of American Indigenous Cultures at Jacobi Medical Center

On Friday November 21 Jacobi Medical Center hosted an event celebrating the diverse culture, society, language, art and music of American Indigenous Cultures. The celebration was sponsored by the Jacobi Medical Center Auxiliary in collaboration with The American Indian Community […]

Jacobi Medical Center: Serving the needs of the North Bronx

NBHN: Stand Up To Violence (SUV) Initiative; Ebola Update

On Monday night, November 10 the North Bronx Health Care Network ( NBHN) Joint Community Advisory Board met on the Jacobi Medical Center ( JMC) Campus. The two major items on the agenda was an update on Ebola presented by […]

Affordable Healthcare Enrollment Sign-up Day

Affordable Healthcare Enrollment Sign-up Day

by · November 10, 2014 · Bulletin Board, Health & Nutrition
Montefiore Hosts Halloween Candy Exchange for Kids with Diabetes

Montefiore Hosts Halloween Candy Exchange for Kids with Diabetes

During American Diabetes Month The Children’s Hospital at Montefiore hosted a Candy Exchange for kids with diabetes where they were invited to bring the candy they gathered on Halloween and exchange it for gifts. The kids wore their Halloween costumes […]

by · November 6, 2014 · Bulletin Board, Health & Nutrition
Edith Prentiss accepting the Sandra Schnur Consumer Advocacy Award from Marvin Wasserman. Next to Edith is her great niece Brooke Lynn Prentiss. Next to Marvin is his niece Ellen Landress Bowkett.

Edith Prentiss: A Disabled Hero to the Disabled

On Thursday October 30, Concepts of Independence honored individual with disabilities at the Brooklyn Marriott. The mission of Concepts of Independence is to administer and advocate for consumer directed personal assistance which will permit chronically ill and/or physically disabled individuals […]

The NCBH Stork has Landed with Healthy New Bundle of Joy

The NCBH Stork has Landed with Healthy New Bundle of Joy

The Stork has landed at North Central Bronx Hospital (NCBH)! Hospital officials welcomed the first baby born at NCBH since its August 2013 suspension of labor and delivery services. A healthy baby girl, named Nova Bryant, was born to parents […]

by · October 28, 2014 · Health & Nutrition, Local News