February is national Heart Month, the goal of which is to draw attention to the prevalence of cardiovascular disease in this country. By learning more about the causes of heart disease, our personal risk factors for developing it, and measures we can take to prevent it, we can have a positiv…
Visitors to Cayuga Health System hospitals may find therapy dogs visiting patients at Cayuga Medical Center and helping physical therapy patients at Schuyler Hospital.
Cayuga Health Team Turns Surgical Wrap 'Waste' Into Blankets for the Needy and Contributes to Eco-Friendly Operating Room
Cayuga Health (CH) and The Shops At Ithaca Mall have teamed up to provide Walk for Wellness, a new walking program at the Ithaca Mall. To make it fun and easy, foot decals have been installed throughout the Mall to help keep walkers on track while walking their way to health. One time around…
A new generation of mammogram technology at Cayuga Health System hospitals is providing a more sensitive and clinically proven breast cancer exam that facilitates earlier cancer detection and reduces callbacks for additional diagnostic testing. The technology called 3D mammography, or digita…
Adding Cutting Edge da Vinci Xi Surgical System to CMC Patient Offerings
An innovative training program bringing medical residents to Cayuga Medical Center in 2019 for their residencies will help attract new primary care physicians to the region. With more primary care physicians, patients will find it easier to schedule medical visits and enroll as new patients …
As men age, concern over prostate health should take priority. It is a topic many men prefer not to think about, but the implications for health and longevity make it a subject well worth understanding.
Advances in technology are making strides in the world of orthopedic surgery. If a tool provides consistent and reproducible results, it is added to the surgeon’s arsenal for treating patients.
Cayuga Medical Center received their third consecutive, three-year term of accreditation with Gold-Level Commendation from the American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer. Since the program began in 1985, it has been continuously accredited by the Commission and has twice received the …
When Kristin Sad noticed a lump in her right breast in June 2017, she was not surprised that the diagnosis would be cancer. Her maternal aunts had gotten the same diagnosis when they reached their 60s, the same age when Kristin noticed her lump. Within a few days, a mammogram imaged the lump…
Carrying 40- to 80-pound boxes of honey from beehives to his truck was becoming painful for Nick Shilliff in the summer of 2015. His left hip would ache during the day and keep him awake at night.
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