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'Ray Of Sunshine': Heather McNamara, NY Recipient Of Groundbreaking Surgery, Dies At 22 'Ray Of Sunshine': Heather McNamara, NY Recipient Of Groundbreaking Surgery, Dies At 22
'Ray Of Sunshine': Heather McNamara, NY Recipient Of Groundbreaking Surgery, Dies At 22 Heather McNamara, who stole hearts across the tristate area after undergoing groundbreaking cancer surgery as a child, has died at the age of 22. The Long Island resident from Islip Terrace died Saturday, June 1, due to multiple organ failure after spending months hospitalized in intensive care from a bacterial infection, her mother Tina announced. McNamara became a familiar face to many in 2011, when she appeared in a commercial for NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital. In the black and white spot, the then 7-year-old recounted how two hospitals turned her family away before Dr. Tomoaki Kato ag…

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by Michael Mashburn
News
COVID-19: Study Explores Symptoms Shown By Children With Mysterious Inflammatory Syndrome COVID-19: Study Explores Symptoms Shown By Children With Mysterious Inflammatory Syndrome
Covid-19: Study Explores Symptoms Shown By Children With Mysterious Inflammatory Syndrome Scientists have released new information as they continue studying a mysterious inflammatory syndrome that could be related to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. When COVID-19 first made its way to the United States, doctors initially believed it would only target the elderly and those with a compromised immune system. However, as the virus evolved, dozens of patients under the age of 21 began reporting symptoms of a new inflammatory illness. The symptoms officials have been seeing are similar to Kawasaki disease and toxic shock-like syndrome. "Pediatric multi-system inflammatory…

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by Zak Failla
Business
COVID-19: Restaurants' Feed Frontlines Initiative Pledges $250K For Hospital Staff Daily Meals COVID-19: Restaurants' Feed Frontlines Initiative Pledges $250K For Hospital Staff Daily Meals
Covid-19: Restaurants' Feed Frontlines Initiative Pledges $250K For Hospital Staff Daily Meals Those on the front lines are giving everything they have to help save lives during the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic two restaurant companies have organized an effort to provide healthy meals while they are working. Chopt Creative Salad Co. and Dos Toros, have organized their “Feed the Frontline” initiative, a program created to provide medical professionals with healthy meals every day while they’re at work.  As a part of this initiative, both companies, as well as the participating sponsors, have raised over $250,000 to launch and support the program, in which they will be provid…

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by Kathy Reakes
Lifestyle
Superior Care Close To Home At NYP Lawrence Cardiac Catheterization Lab Superior Care Close To Home At NYP Lawrence Cardiac Catheterization Lab
Superior Care Close To Home At NYP Lawrence Cardiac Catheterization Lab WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. -- Residents living in Westchester are receiving superior heart care close to home at the NewYork-Presbyterian Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory at NewYork-Presbyterian Lawrence Hospital. “In this day and age, the majority of the procedures we do in the Cath Lab are extremely safe, quick and useful,” said Mark A. Apfelbaum, MD, Director of the NewYork-Presbyterian System Cardiac Catheterization Labs at the Center for Interventional Vascular Therapy at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center as well as Director of the Cath Lab at NewYork-Pres…

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