NewYork-Presbyterian fi ghts against heart disease
BY TIMESLEDGER STAFF
NewYork-Presbyterian
Queens Hospital is helping
women in the fight against
heart disease.
The Flushing medical
center’s cardiologists work
to prevent the disease for
the women of Queens in
multiple ways with a team of
specialists, in partnership
with New York-Presbyterian
and in collaboration with
Weill Cornell Medicine,
providing world-class cardiac
care 24 hours a day, 365 days a
year, in Queens.
“New York Presbyterian
Queens is deeply committed
to helping women fight
cardiovascular disease.
In fact, we have several
female cardiologists on staff
at NewYork-Presbyterian
Queens who are dedicated
to women’s cardiovascular
care,” said Dr. Seth Goldbarg,
assistant professor at Weill
Cornell Medical College. “We
have focused on expanding
our cardiology footprint in the
community, with a growing
number of providers offering
cardiology consultation and
diagnostic testing in Forest
Hills, Maspeth, Whitestone,
and Flushing, with more
locations to come.”
“Women who are concerned
about their cardiac risk may
benefit from a preventative
cardiology evaluation in their
local communities throughout
the borough,” he added.
NewYork-Presbyterian Queens recognizes February as American Heart Month, as employees wear red to raise awareness about heart
health. Courtesy of New York Presbyterian-Queens
According to Dr. Goldbarg,
community cardiologists
can also provide ongoing
care to women with chronic
cardiac conditions.
“The accessibility
of care streamlines
referral for necessary
procedures, whether cardiac
catheterization, heart rhythm
management, or vascular
intervention,” said Goldbarg.
Dr. Goldbarg says it’s
important to educate patients
about heart disease.
“I think awareness of heart
disease is certainly critical
and its associated risk factors.
When we’re young and we feel
well, we often don’t realize
that our lifestyle choices may
be paving a road towards
developing these problems
later on in life,” said Dr.
Goldbarg. “And so educating
oneself in younger age groups
about healthy lifestyle and
our own individualized risk is
very important.”
“Patients with a very
strong family history with
cardiovascular disease,
patients with high cholesterol
that’s abnormally high
probably need evaluation to
determine early treatment;
it may help to prevent
longer term cardiovascular
problems,” Dr. Goldbarg
added. “And getting screened
by a primary care provider, or
in some cases a cardiologist
for hypertension, diabetes
and high cholesterol is of
critical importance.”
The hospital strives to
get women the help they
need, and that includes
making the medical center
a more welcoming and
comfortable place for them.
“It’s very common for
patients to be very nervous
for seeing a doctor at all,”
said Dr. Goldbarg. “What I
tell patients is the doctor’s
visits should be a means
of empowering you to
understand your own health
and really take it into your
own hands because a lot
of cardiovascular disease
is preventable with the
right lifestyle choices, and
treatment and prevention of
basic health problems.”
According to Dr. Goldbarg,
it includes dietary choices,
use of alcohol and smoking
cessation — all lifestyle choices
that are “critically important”
and easy to ignore.
Dr. Goldbarg tries to educate
younger women, as it can be
more effective to prevent heart
disease than it is to treat it
when they get sick.
“If you have hypertension
understanding what your
goal blood pressure is, having
your doctor give you a home
blood pressure monitor, and
learning how to appropriately
check your blood pressure
and monitor it will empower
you to be on the same team as
your doctor for treating the
condition,” said Dr. Goldbarg.
Additionally, the
NewYo rk-P r e sby t e r i a n
Queens Cardiology team
offers the following tips to
its patients: check your blood
pressure; avoid trans fat; no
smoking; stay stress-free;
practice good dental hygiene;
knowledge of blood sugar
levels; reduction of sodium;
focus on a healthy diet;
exercise; and getting rest.
Dine the Boroughs tour set to launch in March
BY ANNA SPIVAK
Eat your heart out, outer
boroughs!
A dazzling new dining
experience will promote the
unique cuisines found in
Brooklyn, Queens, and the
Bronx next month.
Dine The Boroughs, a
two-week culinary tour of
some of the outer boroughs’
best bites, will feature some
200 restaurants offering
prix fixe menu options for
just $28, from March 18 to
March 31.
The expansive munch
marathon fills a gaping hole
in New York City’s beloved
Restaurant Week line-up,
which features hundreds
of Manhattan eateries
while spotlighting only a
fork-full of outer borough
options, according to one
of the creators of Dine the
Boroughs.
“This is really an
opportunity to promote the
diverse food offerings found
in Brooklyn, Queens, and
the Bronx,” said Joshua
Schneps, the chief executive
officer of Schneps Media.
“We want to drive traffic
to each of the boroughs
because, as we all know,
great food is a destination.”
Joining the roster of the
ultimate outer-borough
feast will have no cost for
participating restaurants,
according to Schneps.
“It’s completely free for
restaurants to participate,”
he said. “They have to offer
a pre-fixe menu, at least for
dinner, during the period of
time that we’ll be holding
Dine the Boroughs, and
they have to be based in
Brooklyn, Queens, or the
Bronx.”
“There is no other charge,
and we’re very fortunate to
have such a large reach in
those three areas, through
our different newspapers,
websites, newsletters, and
social channels, that we
can really promote these
restaurants,” he added.
Restaurants and sponsors
interested in signing up can
visit www.dinetheboroughs.
Foodie feast: Dine the Boroughs, a two-week culinary tour of varied
cuisines found in the outer boroughs, will kick off on March 18.
com, which in the coming
weeks will be updated with a
detailed list of participating
eateries and their offerings.
Join the Dine the
Festival Media
Boroughs journey, presented
by the Whitmore Group, by
following along on social
media using the hashtag:
#dinetheboros
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