With the help of a telemedicine program, diabetic patients from Kings County Hospital and Central Brooklyn Family Health Network saw a big drop in their blood sugar level and a big improvement in their overall health.

Dr. Joan Culpepper-Morgan, Chief of Gastroenterology at Harlem Hospital, says colon cancer is preventable, beatable and treatable, and urges both men and women over 50 to be screened for the disease.

When Dr. Brenda Natal was looking around for a fellowship to teach medical simulation, she decided to look no further than HHC’s Institute of Medical Simulation and Advanced Learning and became the center’s first fellow.