MOUNT KISCO, N.Y. -- Northern Westchester Hospital's Dr. Jim Dwyer, chief of emergency services, provides information on heat stroke and tips to beat the heat on Northern Westchester Hospital's blog.  Young and elderly people are most likely to be affected by heat stroke. Through Dwyer's tips, such as drinking plenty of water and eating healthy snacks to keep hydrated, heat stroke can ...

MOUNT KISCO, N.Y. -- Northern Westchester Hospital has received the Get With The Guidelines-Stroke Gold-Plus Quality Achievement Award for implementing specific quality improvement measures outlined by the American Heart Association/Amercian Stroke Association.  Get With The Guidelines helps to provide the most recent research based guidelines with the goal of speeding recovery and ...

MOUNT KISCO, N.Y. -- Cancer survivors will be recognized at Northern Westchester Hospital's second annual Survivorship Day on Sunday, June 1 from 10 a.m. to noon.  The event will be held at the Holiday Inn in Mount Kisco at 1 Holiday Inn Drive.   Join Northern Westchester Hospital as it recognizes cancer survivors, supports cancer patients and educates the community.   For more ...

MOUNT KISCO, N.Y. -- Northern Westchester Hospital (NWH) has announced the recipients of the annual Janet Harrower Nurse of Distinction Awards. The awards recognize three exemplary nurses who have been selected by their nursing peers and physician colleagues to receive this distinguished honor. These nurses represent the culture of caring, compassion and competence that makes NWH a ...

MOUNT KISCO, N.Y. -- The dangers, symptoms and treatment of sleep apnea, a topic very much in the news, are explored by Dr. Praveen Rudraraju, director of the Center for Sleep Medicine at Northern Westchester Hospital in its blog. Sleep apnea has garnered widespread conversation after the National Transportation Safety Board revealed that the engineer in control of the train in the Dec. ...

MOUNT KISCO, N.Y. -- Northern Westchester Hospital’s Employee Congress’ Spirit of Giving Committee is sponsoring two Holiday Food Drives for the Mount Kisco Interfaith Food Pantry. The food items needed most are canned soup as well as canned vegetables, rice, pasta, peanut butter, cereal or any non-perishable items. Donation boxes are located at the Main Lobby entrance, North Entrance, ...

MOUNT KISCO, N.Y. -- Dr. Harlan Weinberg, Medical Director of Pulmonary Medicine at Northern Westchester Hospital, offers tips to caregivers who are working with patients battling chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Good communication between patient, doctor, and caregiver is key, according to Weinberg. It allows the caregiver to better diagnose if a problem can be handled at ...

MOUNT KISCO, N.Y. -- Thanksgiving can be a tough time to eat healthy, but Northern Westchester Hospital in Mount Kisco has several side dishes that are healthy and don't skimp on taste.  * Fresh Cranberry Sauce: Keep the canned cranberry sauce on the shelf this year and try making your own instead. Fresh cranberries are full of antioxidants, have great flavor and make the perfect chunky ...

MOUNT KISCO, N.Y. -- The Ken Hamilton Caregivers Center at Northern Westchester Hospital in Mount Kisco is reminding residents that November is National Caregivers Month.  Research from the National Family Caregivers Alliance shows that family caregivers can suffer from poor health and up to 50 percent of all caregivers report feeling depressed. You can read a list of tips for ...

MOUNT KISCO, N.Y. – You know the expression “You are what you eat”? Dietitian Elisa Bremner is a firm believer in it, especially when it pertains to youth. Bremner, a registered dietitian with a BS in Communications from Cornell University and a Masters in Nutrition Education from Teachers College at Columbia University, will be the next guest of Northern Westchester Hospital’s “Speaker ...