Get Healthy Harlem

Aleah Gathings, MPH, worked with the Manhattan Smoke-Free Partnership in East Harlem until Summer 2024 when she moved to Chicago to attend Law School. Ms. Gathings will continue to be part of the HHPC Health Advisory Board. Here she tells us about what secondhand smoke is and what to do if you are a non-smoker living with a smoker.

November is diabetes awareness month, a month to quit smoking and National Hispanic Heritage month. GetHealthyHarlem has a wealth of articles to raise awareness about these issues and tips on how to manage them.

Dr. Thomas Nickolas, MD, MS, a kidney specialist (nephrologist) at New York-Presbyterian Hospital sat down and chatted with GetHealthyHarlem.org about the different types of treatments to help a person whose kidneys are no longer working.

Dr. Thomas Nickolas, a nephrologist at New York Presbyterian Hospital tells us what we can do to keep our kidneys in good health. He also tells us what cholesterol is and how you can keep your cholesterol levels low.