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When Caring For Everyone Else Starts to Cost You: How Family Caregivers Can Avoid Burnout in 2026

When Caring For Everyone Else Starts to Cost You: How Family Caregivers Can Avoid Burnout in 2026

Op-ed: Caregiver burnout doesn’t happen overnight. Recognizing the early signs and knowing when to ask for help can protect your health and your loved one’s well-being.
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As a Neurologist, This Is What I Wish Everyone Knew About Exercise And The Brain

As a Neurologist, This Is What I Wish Everyone Knew About Exercise And The Brain

Op-Ed: What I tell my patients—and what I try to practice myself—is this: you don’t need perfection. You just need to move.
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Continued Investment in Health Programs is Critical to All New Yorkers

Continued Investment in Health Programs is Critical to All New Yorkers

Op-Ed: Funding programs to help more students pursue a career in medicine is essential to the state’s wellbeing.
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Climate Change is Putting Mothers And Children at Risk

Climate Change is Putting Mothers And Children at Risk

Op-Ed: Protecting pregnant women from the worst effects of climate change is not only the right thing to do, it is also the smart thing to do for our economy, our health system and our collective future.
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When Brooklyn Answered The Call: Remembering Rev. Jesse Jackson

When Brooklyn Answered The Call: Remembering Rev. Jesse Jackson

Op-Ed: How Dr. Albert Vann and Rev. Jackson built Black political power, locally and nationally.
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The World Needs Artists. They Also Need All of Us.

The World Needs Artists. They Also Need All of Us.

Op-Ed: The velvet rope around theater keeps too many people from the stories that shape us.
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For The Man Who Nurtured us, Brooklyn’s Stuyvesant Avenue Should Carry His Name

For The Man Who Nurtured us, Brooklyn’s Stuyvesant Avenue Should Carry His Name

Op-Ed: Bedford-Stuyvesant must honor the outsized influence educator Dr. Frank Mickens had on the community.
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Seasonal Affective Disorder Isn’t Just The ‘Winter Blues’—It’s Depression

Seasonal Affective Disorder Isn’t Just The ‘Winter Blues’—It’s Depression

Op-Ed: Seasonal Affective Disorder is on the rise. Here’s everything you need to know.
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An Expiring Tax Credit Could Help Co-ops Save Money on Green Upgrades

An Expiring Tax Credit Could Help Co-ops Save Money on Green Upgrades

Op-Ed: The Green Co-op Council is launching a campaign to preserve affordability and meet the Local Law 97 mandate.
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Freedom From Menthol Products is The Next Frontier in Smoke-Free Protection

Freedom From Menthol Products is The Next Frontier in Smoke-Free Protection

Op-Ed: I hope the presence of menthol products will soon be just as taboo as smoking inside restaurants.
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