The Heart of Northside was honored to host the Flavors of Freedom Festival in November 2024, a collaboration between the Cincinnati Palestine Solidarity Coalition and Students for Justice in Palestine (University of Cincinnati). The event’s proceeds support the work of three critical organizations: Khartoum Aid Kitchen in Sudan, Goma Upendo Read more
It’s finally happening: Dr. Florence Rothenberg is opening the first in-person neighborhood Blood Pressure Station at the Northside Farmers’ Market in July. She says, “It is my mission to help you identify your risk factors for heart disease, the number one killer of American women and men, and to use Read more
Many people ask me about how physicians know when to treat certain medical problems. For example, how do we decide what high blood pressure is? How did we figure out how to treat high blood pressure? How long do we have to treat it? There’s no better way to explain Read more
I am beyond thrilled to announce that the Heart of Northside is one of the recipients of the Northside Community Fund Annual Grant! This fund, which is professionally managed by the Greater Cincinnati Foundation, sponsors community projects and nonprofit organizations in the Northside area. Please click here to find out Read more
The Mediterranean Diet has been talked about a lot lately, and given all the confusion about different diets I think it’s important to understand what it is, and what it isn’t. The Mediterranean Diet isn’t really a “diet”, exactly. In the 1940’s, a physiologist and scientist named Ancel Keyes, PhD, Read more
“We cannot cure the world of sorrows, but we can choose to live in joy.”-Joseph Campbell “Joy does not simply happen to us. We have to choose joy and keep choosing it every day.”-Henri Nouwen On May 27th of this year, 2023, our family grew through marriage. My son, Josh, Read more
On July 10th 2023, we had the first of what I hope to be many programs designed to bring medical information into the community, where it’s needed most. In collaboration with Pfizer and The Christ Hospital’s Women’s Heart Center, we hosted an in-person portion of the Voices for the Heart Read more
It’s now been a year since I started to create the Heart of Northside in what was once the old North Church. One of my first experiences in the neighborhood was the Fourth of July Parade last year, an iconic event that was the perfect introduction to the area. Northside Read more
I know the look of fear and frustration that appears on all of my clients faces when I suggest they quit smoking. Then I enjoy the look of surprise that replaces it when I tell them that I know how hard it is. Stopping smoking is one of the hardest Read more
Everyone should understand their blood pressure, what it is and how to control it. First, what IS blood pressure? When you fill up a balloon with water, the water inside pushes out on the skin of the balloon. Similar to water in a water balloon, blood puts pressure on the Read more