Health & Wellness

Healthfirst's annual Health & Wellness Expo returns to Brownsville with free health screenings and wellness services to increase awareness around pressing health matters affecting the local community. Congresswoman Yvette D.

Currently, blood reserves are below the minimum of a seven-day inventory in local hospitals, according to New York Blood Center.

Doula For Dad provides services for men and male-identified people to prepare them for fatherhood and the aspects of manhood that relate to it When Desmond Seymour was 15 years old, he had a life-altering experience that went on to shape his adult li

The Heart Age Calculator calculates heart age based on questions about sex, age, height, weight, blood pressure, smoking status, and offers useful tips and resources to improve heart health. Photo credit: Harvard.

The city targets tobacco sales to give New Yorkers another incentive to quit smoking. Photo credit: CBS News Smoking just got more expensive for New Yorkers.

Each year in NYC, more than 1,200 adults die of colon cancer, making it the third-leading cause of cancer deaths in the city and in Brooklyn.

The 'Know Before You Go' texting service allows subscribers to know if water conditions are safe before heading to NYC's beaches. Manhattan Beach. Photo credit: NYCparks.

K2, a synthetic marijuana, can cause extreme anxiety and hallucinations, and can lead to kidney failure, raised blood pressure and death. K2, a synthetic marijuana, has triggered 84 overdoses since Saturday.

Studies have found that 56 percent of those who become addicted to painkillers found their drugs in their family's medicine cabinet Leaders in the Jewish and African-American communities held a town hall and panel discussion on the opioid epidemic in

Since 2005, NYC has seen an 89 percent reduction in the number of children under age 6. Photo credit: WNYC According to the New York City Health Department, the number of young children testing positive for lead is on a steady decline.