March is National Colon Cancer Awareness Month – a time to learn about colon cancer prevention. If detected early, colon cancer can be treated and it can be cured. According to the American Cancer Society, colorectal cancer is the second highest cause of cancer-related deaths in the United States.

Every spring, trees and plants release pollen into the air to fertilize other plants. The released pollen can potentially enter an individual’s nasal passages and trigger an immune response. This process affects millions of Americans and is commonly referred to as “having allergies.”

March is Colon Cancer Awareness Month and NewYork-Presbyterian Queens will host the Prevent Cancer Super Colon® exhibit on Saturday, March 25 at the Queens Center Mall. The Super Colon® is “an interactive walk-through exhibit traveling to communities all across America with the message that colorectal cancer is preventable, treatable and beatable!”

This forum is an opportunity for journalists to learn more about health services provided by this Performing Provider System (PPS) program which is part of the New York State-funded healthcare transformation program known as DSRIP (Delivery System Reform Incentive Program).

Monday morning, NewYork-Presbyterian Queens celebrated the grand opening of its new, state-of-the-art Therapeutic Medicine Center with a ribbon-cutting ceremony. The center is designed to serve the adult outpatient population; it provides a patient focused, relaxed and peaceful environment for patients receiving intravenous treatment for cancer, anemia and other medical conditions. The center will welcome its first patients on April 19.

As we welcome the start of spring, NewYork-Presbyterian Queens is offering advice to keep your children safe and healthy. “Spring is a high activity season, perhaps more so than any other, and unfortunately, injuries do happen,” said Joseph J. Abularrage, M.D., chairman, Department of Pediatrics at NewYork-Presbyterian Queens. “There are some simple ways to protect your kids, during Little League baseball or soccer, or even just when they go back to outdoor playgrounds and the backyard.”

Dr. Brian Marr will join the Department of Ophthalmology at NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center as director of the Division of Ophthalmic Oncology, effective May 15. He will also serve as a professor of ophthalmology at Columbia University Medical Center.

The 18th Annual Women’s Health Week kicks off on Mother’s Day this Sunday, May 14, in a continued effort to empower women to make their health a priority. To get the week started, NewYork-Presbyterian physicians across multiple disciplines share their top five women’s health tips.