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Advances In Radiation Therapy Offer More Effective Cancer Treatment Advances In Radiation Therapy Offer More Effective Cancer Treatment
Advances In Radiation Therapy Offer More Effective Cancer Treatment Since its inception at the start of the 20th century, radiation therapy has been recognized as an essential element of an effective cancer care program and has become one of the most common forms of treatment for many types of cancer. Approximately fifty percent of cancer patients receive it either alone or in combination with other treatments with remarkable results. Radiation oncologists from NewYork-Presbyterian Hudson Valley Hospital’s cancer center, Lawrence Koutcher, M.D., and Leah Katz, M.D., MPH, both published experts and researchers on this subject, discuss this type of therapy an…

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Wife, Two Kids, Neighbor Of Westchester COVID-19 Patient Also Test Positive, Cuomo Says Wife, Two Kids, Neighbor Of Westchester COVID-19 Patient Also Test Positive, Cuomo Says
Wife, Two Kids, Neighbor Of Westchester Covid-19 Patient Also Test Positive, Cuomo Says The family and a neighbor of the 50-year-old New Rochelle lawyer who tested positive for coronavirus have become the four latest subjects to test positive for COVID-19. At a press briefing on Wednesday, March 4 to offer an update of coronavirus in New York, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced that the man’s 20-year-old son, 14-year-old daughter, wife and a neighbor who drove the man to NewYork-Presbyterian Lawrence Hospital in Bronxville all tested positive. There are now six confirmed cases of coronavirus in New York State. Though that number is expected to climb, the governor cautioned. Ea…

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Son Of Westchester COVID-19 Patient Becomes Third Confirmed NY Case Son Of Westchester COVID-19 Patient Becomes Third Confirmed NY Case
Son Of Westchester Covid-19 Patient Becomes Third Confirmed NY Case Click here for an updated story: Wife, Two Kids, Neighbor Of Westchester COVID-19 Patient Also Test Positive, Cuomo Says A college student in New York City who is the son of a COVID-19 patient from Westchester has become the third person in the metropolitan area -- and New York State -- to test positive for the novel coronavirus. The announcement came on Wednesday morning, March 4, in a statement by Yeshiva University in Washington Heights, prompting the closure of the Wilf campus where the student is enrolled. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced the student's father teste…

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Here's Latest Info On Westchester Man Who Tested Positive For COVID-19 Here's Latest Info On Westchester Man Who Tested Positive For COVID-19
Here's Latest Info On Westchester Man Who Tested Positive For Covid-19 New details have emerged on the Westchester man who has tested positive for the second case of the novel coronavirus in New York State. The 50-year-old man, an attorney at a small law firm in midtown Manhattan who lives in New Rochelle, is now hospitalized, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced on Tuesday, March 3, at a news conference in Albany. Cuomo said the man has an underlying respiratory illness. Video: Westchester County Officials Provide Info On Positive COVID-19 Case, Detail Next Steps The man recently traveled to Miami, but no direct connection to China or any country on th…

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Westchester School District Takes Precautionary Steps After Positive Coronavirus Test Westchester School District Takes Precautionary Steps After Positive Coronavirus Test
Westchester School District Takes Precautionary Steps After Positive Coronavirus Test The New Rochelle City School District is taking extra precautions after a local resident became the second person in New York State to test positive for the novel coronavirus. The New Rochelle resident, a man in his 50s who works as a lawyer in midtown Manhattan, is in serious condition at NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center after contracting an apparent case of “community spread” COVID-19. His family has also been quarantined in their home. In an email to the community, New Rochelle Schools Superintendent Laura Feijóo attempted to assuage parents’ concerns, noting that …

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Westchester Man Who Tested Positive For Coronavirus ID'd As Attorney Who Works In NYC Westchester Man Who Tested Positive For Coronavirus ID'd As Attorney Who Works In NYC
Westchester Man Who Tested Positive For Coronavirus ID'd As Attorney Who Works In NYC This story has been updated with new information. The Westchester man who has tested positive for the second case of the novel coronavirus in New York State has been identified as an attorney at a small law firm in midtown Manhattan and lives in New Rochelle. The 50-year-old man is now hospitalized, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced on Tuesday morning, March 3. Cuomo said the man has an underlying respiratory illness. He recently traveled to Miami, but no direct connection to China or any country on the virus watch list has been established, making it an apparent case of "community spr…

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New York Woman Celebrates Second Chance At Life New York Woman Celebrates Second Chance At Life
New York Woman Celebrates Second Chance At Life When Orange County physical therapist’s assistant and mother Ellen Dunn first started feeling run down and short of breath, she assumed it meant that she was out of shape. She soon began working out but noticed that things didn’t get any better. That’s when her doctor diagnosed her with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, an incurable lung disease that results in scarring of the lungs and makes it hard to take in enough oxygen. “I knew my only option was a lung transplant, but I was in denial,” said Dunn. “It was a lot to take in and very scary – not just for me, but also for my husband and …

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