August
6
3:00pm-4:00pm
Summer can be a time for relaxation and enjoying the sunshine but it can also be a time to worry about heat related illnesses. Heat stroke, the most severe of the heat related illnesses can even be deadly. It is important to learn about these heat related conditions and what you can do to prevent them.
Join us to understand the signs, symptoms, and treatment methods for heat related illnesses. We will also discuss what you can do to help keep yourself safe in the summer and address some common myths. Join us for the Weill Cornell Medicine Wellness Series with the Harry
Belafonte 115th Street Library.
Nicole Lauren Gerber, MD, is an Assistant Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine at Weill Cornell Medicine
August
15
11:00am-12:00pm
Join us for a virtual discussion on the differences between prediabetes, type 1 and type 2 diabetes during the Weill Cornell Medicine Wellness Series with the Kips Bay Library.
Learn how to lower your risk of developing prediabetes and diabetes as well as important ways to manage diabetes once diagnosed. Meal planning, physical activity, glucose monitoring and diabetes medications will be discussed to help you live well with prediabetes and diabetes.
Presented by:
Gwendolyne Anyanate Jack, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism at Weill Cornell Medicine
Rachel Stahl Salzman, MS, RD, CDN, CDCES
Lecturer in Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism at Weill Cornell Medicine
