Health Matters

By NewYork-Presbyterian

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Your weekly dose of health and wellness information, from the leading experts. Join host Courtney Allison to get news you can use in your own life. New episodes drop each Wednesday. If you are looking for practical health tips and trustworthy information from world-class doctors and medical experts you will enjoy listening to Health Matters. Health Matters was created to share stories of science, care, and wellness that are happening every day at NewYork-Presbyterian, one of the nation’s most comprehensive healthcare systems. In keeping with NewYork-Presbyterian’s long legacy of medical excellence, Health Matters features the latest news and insights from our trusted experts; inspiring first-hand accounts from patients and caregivers; and updates on the latest research and innovations in patient care, all in collaboration with our academic partners Columbia and Weill Cornell Medicine. To learn more visit: https://healthmatters.nyp.org

Episode Date
The Top Takeaways From This Year of Health Matters
Dec 10, 2025
How Can I Avoid Holiday Bloat?
Dec 03, 2025
How Should I Manage A Relationship with a Narcissist?
Nov 19, 2025
Can Supplements Harm Your Liver?
Nov 12, 2025
How Exercise Changes the Heart
Nov 05, 2025
How Can I Tell If I Have Shingles?
Oct 29, 2025
What's the Best Way to Take Care of My Eyes?
Oct 22, 2025
The Benefits of Blood Donation
Oct 15, 2025
What's the Difference Between High-Fructose Corn Syrup and Cane Sugar?
Oct 08, 2025
Breast Cancer Myths Debunked
Oct 01, 2025
ADVANCES IN CARE: Managing the Complexity of NewYork-Presbyterian’s High Volume Emergency Departments
Sep 24, 2025
How Changing Your Mindset Builds Resilience
Sep 17, 2025
Why It’s Important to Screen for Prostate Cancer
Sep 10, 2025
Should AI be Used for Therapy?
Sep 03, 2025
Should I Avoid Seed Oils?
Aug 27, 2025
Do I Need to Stretch?
Aug 20, 2025
What Are the Health Benefits of a Cold Plunge?
Aug 13, 2025
What Are the Best Ways to Prevent Hair Loss?
Aug 06, 2025
How Do I Avoid Bug Bites?
Jul 30, 2025
Why is Air Quality Worse in the Summer?
Jul 23, 2025
How Do I Prepare for an Emergency?
Jul 16, 2025
An Expert’s Guide to Healthy Summer Skin
Jul 09, 2025
How Sharing Your Story Can Help You Heal
Jun 25, 2025
How Music Has Made Me a Better Surgeon
Jun 18, 2025
Why Am I Feeling Dizzy?
Jun 11, 2025
Daily Habits to Age Well
Jun 04, 2025
How Do I Keep My Brain Healthy?
May 28, 2025
What Are the Symptoms of Perimenopause?
May 21, 2025
How Can I Build Stronger Bones?
May 14, 2025
What is the Best Skin Care Routine?
May 07, 2025
How Can I Manage Anxiety?
Apr 30, 2025
Do I Have Allergies or a Cold?
Apr 23, 2025
What Your Smartwatch Tells You About Your Health
Apr 16, 2025
Surprising Facts About Organ Donation
Apr 09, 2025
How Does Alcohol Impact the Gut Microbiome?
Apr 02, 2025
How My Dogs Taught Me to Be a Better Doctor
Mar 26, 2025
Should I Be Worried About Bird Flu?
Mar 19, 2025
Ask a Doctor: A Pediatrician Answers Kids’ Questions
Mar 12, 2025
What is the Link Between Diet and Colon Cancer?
Mar 05, 2025
How to Foster Healthy Eating Habits and Understand Eating Disorders
Feb 26, 2025
Does Family History or Lifestyle Determine Heart Health?
Feb 19, 2025
Can Better Listening Improve Your Relationships?
Feb 12, 2025
Easy Tips for Heart Health
Feb 05, 2025
January’s Top Health Takeaways
Jan 29, 2025
Do Zones and VO2 Max Matter?
Jan 22, 2025
What Are the Health Risks of Ultraprocessed Foods?
Jan 15, 2025
Should I Take a Break from Alcohol?
Jan 08, 2025
What Are the Health Benefits of a Cold Plunge?
Jan 01, 2025
Our Top Health Takeaways of 2024
Dec 11, 2024
How to Have Difficult Conversations
Dec 04, 2024
Can Food Choices Fight Inflammation?
Nov 27, 2024
How Do I Talk to My Kid About Puberty?
Nov 20, 2024
Can GLP-1 Weight Loss Drugs Protect the Heart?
Nov 13, 2024
How to Build Resilience
Nov 06, 2024
The Art of Healing: How an Artist and Mom Beat Metastatic Breast Cancer
Oct 30, 2024
Tips to Become a Better Runner
Oct 23, 2024
Breast Cancer: What to Know About Genetic Testing
Oct 16, 2024
Caregiving: Tips for the Sandwich Generation
Oct 09, 2024
Our Guts and Brain: The Connection Between Digestive Health and Mental Health ​
Oct 02, 2024
Is Your Phone Giving You Tech Neck?
Sep 25, 2024
When Should Men Get Screened For Prostate Cancer?
Sep 18, 2024
Living with Grief and Finding Hope After Loss
Sep 11, 2024
How Can I Stop Procrastinating?
Sep 04, 2024
Do I Need to Eat More Fiber?
Aug 28, 2024
Am I Having a Headache or a Migraine?
Aug 21, 2024
What’s the Best Birth Control Option For Me?
Aug 14, 2024
Why We Should Get More Sleep
Aug 07, 2024
How Can I Avoid Heat Exhaustion?
Jul 31, 2024
Do I Need to Take Probiotics?
Jul 24, 2024
New Hope for Brain Cancer Treatment
Jul 17, 2024
Introducing Advances in Care: Advancing Medicine with Robot-Assisted Technology
Jul 10, 2024
Essential Summer Skincare Advice
Jul 03, 2024
What Are the Signs of a Thyroid Condition?
Jun 26, 2024
Summer Safety and Camp Basics for Kids
Jun 19, 2024
When Should Men Get Screened For Prostate Cancer?
Jun 12, 2024
Avoiding Ticks: How to Stay Safe While Enjoying the Outdoors
Jun 05, 2024
How Can Friendships Support My Health?
May 29, 2024
How to Manage Anxiety During Pregnancy
May 22, 2024
Can You Heal From Trauma?
May 15, 2024
What Are the Signs of Gaslighting?
May 08, 2024
How Should I Prepare For Menopause?
May 01, 2024
How Common Is Infertility?
Apr 24, 2024
Can Going Outside Benefit My Mental Health?
Apr 17, 2024
Is Any Amount of Alcohol Safe for My Health?
Apr 10, 2024
How Does Living Organ Donation Work?
Apr 03, 2024
What is High-Functioning Anxiety?
Mar 27, 2024
Is Lead Poisoning Me?
Mar 20, 2024
Colon Cancer Rates Are Rising for Young People—Am I At Risk?
Mar 13, 2024
How Can I Get More Energy?
Mar 06, 2024
Can Food Fight Inflammation?
Feb 28, 2024
When to Worry About Your Blood Pressure
Feb 21, 2024
Can You See a Doctor About a Broken Heart?
Feb 14, 2024
How Do You Stick to Your Goals?
Feb 07, 2024
What Happens After Dry January?
Jan 31, 2024
How Do I Avoid Getting Sick This Winter?
Jan 24, 2024
The Benefits of Blood Donation
Jan 17, 2024
Why Mindful Eating Is More Effective than Fad Diets
Jan 10, 2024
Making Reachable Resolutions for the New Year
Jan 03, 2024
Our Guts and Brain: The Connection Between Digestive Health and Mental Health ​
Dec 14, 2023
Is Sugar Really Bad For You?
Dec 06, 2023
Understanding Alzheimer’s and Tips to Protect Brain Health
Nov 29, 2023
Staying Connected Amid the Loneliness Epidemic
Nov 15, 2023
How To Make Regret Work For You
Nov 08, 2023
Ozempic and Weight Loss Drugs: How They Work
Nov 01, 2023
How Exercise Changes the Heart
Oct 25, 2023
How to Cope Amid Tragedy
Oct 19, 2023
Living with Grief and Finding Hope After Loss
Oct 18, 2023
Surprising Facts About Organ Donation
Oct 11, 2023
Breast Cancer: What to Know About Genetic Testing
Oct 04, 2023
Understanding the Youth Mental Health Crisis
Sep 27, 2023
Do Coffee Drinkers Live Longer?
Sep 20, 2023
How to Foster Healthy Eating Habits and Understand Eating Disorders
Sep 13, 2023
How to Avoid School Avoidance
Sep 06, 2023
Supplements and Multivitamins: Are They Necessary?
Aug 23, 2023
What to Know about Going to the Emergency Department
Aug 16, 2023
Understanding ADHD
Aug 09, 2023
How to Eat More Fiber — and Why You Should
Aug 02, 2023
What Are Intrusive Thoughts?
Jul 26, 2023
How Memory Works
Jul 19, 2023
Avoiding Ticks: How to Stay Safe While Enjoying the Outdoors
Jul 12, 2023
Tips to Protect Young Athletes from Overuse Injuries
Jun 28, 2023
Secrets for a Healthy Heart
Jun 21, 2023
How to Build Resilience
Jun 14, 2023
Essential Summer Skincare Advice
Jun 07, 2023
Tips to Prevent Neck and Back Pain and Relieve Symptoms at Home
May 31, 2023
Why We Should Get More Sleep
May 24, 2023
Our Guts and Brain: The Connection Between Digestive Health and Mental Health ​
May 17, 2023
Is the COVID-19 Pandemic Over?
May 10, 2023
How Screen Time Impacts Brain Development
May 03, 2023
Puberty: Tips to Help Parents Prepare
Apr 26, 2023
How to Manage Anxiety During Pregnancy
Apr 19, 2023
How to Eat Well for a Longer Life
Apr 12, 2023
What is High-Functioning Anxiety?
Apr 05, 2023
Welcome to Health Matters
Mar 28, 2023