Regardless of their party affiliation, many people are reporting significant election-related stress.

With recent advances in breast cancer research and treatment, doctors are often able to reduce the amount and intensity of treatment women receive, while maintaining equally good cancer outcomes, according to Sunny Mitchell, M.D., FACS, Medical Director of The Breast Center at Montefiore Nyack Hospital.

If you’re about to head to college, many lifestyle changes await you. Most likely one of them is having a huge array of food surrounding you at every meal in the dining hall. If you’re not careful, this could lead to gaining the dreaded “Freshman 15.” But gaining weight isn’t inevitable if you are thoughtful in your food and exercise choices, says Natasha Ferguson, M.D., primary care physician at Highland Medical, Pearl River Medical Associates in Pearl River, NY.

Medication and therapy can help new moms suffering from depression after giving birth.

Many women have what’s known as the “baby blues” in the days after they give birth. This isn’t the same as postpartum depression, which is more severe and may require treatment by a health care professional, says Maria Emerson, M.D., F.A.C.O.G., Director of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Montefiore Nyack Hospital and a gynecologist with OBS-GYN of Rockland in New City and Stony Point.