To Your Health

Phelps Memorial Hospital Center is pleased to announce the addition of the Look Good, Feel Better program to the menu of programs in its Healthy Life series. The first session will be held Monday, December 6, from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. in the Walkway Conference Room at the hospital,... Read More →

State Medicaid inspector general James Sheehan yesterday gave Westchester County more than $61,000 from money recovered through the Medicaid Antifraud Demonstration Program. The money is part of $3.4 million the state agency recovered after an audit of more than 40 health-care providers in Westchester County. It is the first of… Read More →

Mount Vernon Neighborhood Health Center, Open Door Family Medical Center and Hudson River HealthCare will lose money that pays for testing and treatment for sexually transmitted diseases and childhood vaccinations in the county executive’s proposed budget. Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino’s 2011 budget cuts about $1.9 million from the three… Read More →

A $22,000 grant from the Westchester Community Foundation will help expand a caregiver coaching program to train more family caregivers in Westchester County. The Liveable Communities Caregiver Coaching Program is a private/public partnership administered by the county’s Department of Senior Programs and Services. It is part of the larger Liveable… Read More →

Medical experts from Westchester and Rockland counties will discuss how to prevent osteoporosis and falls and give the latest information on osteoporosis treatment at the annual free Community Health Forum on Nov. 16 at the YWCA of White Plains and Central Westchester, 515 North St., White Plains. The program will… Read More →