Poll: Folks want to ‘age well’ (but don’t always act like it)
By GREGORY ZELLER // New Yorkers are generally concerned about staying healthy as they age – but most don’t take precautions to improve their odds. That’s one of the bigger…
Health
Small device, big win at Northwell’s Bass Heart Hospital
Poll: Drinkers heed ex-surgeon general’s alcohol advice
Triple transplant ranks Northwell among surgical elite
Cohen Children’s breaks new gene-therapy ground, again
Northwell sees better spinal surgeries with Teligen tech
Mount Sinai South Nassau delivers for Long Beach, again
Major healthcare advances bolster LI health systems
Experience, mindfulness fuel new mental-health efforts
Air, water woes enough to make poll respondents sick
By GREGORY ZELLER // Nearly half of Long Islanders think the local environment is unhealthy – and the farther west you go, the worse the numbers get. The latest Mount…
SBU: After 22 years, 9/11 heroes still paying the price
By GREGORY ZELLER // Twenty-two years later, 9/11 continues to exact a cruel toll: Stony Brook University scientists are tracking early-onset cognitive declines in first responders. This week’s memorials and…
Future docs (maybe) shine in Zucker School pipelines
By GREGORY ZELLER // Economically disadvantaged students are getting a leg up on their college careers – and honing their life-saving skills – through the Donald & Barbara Zucker School…
Looking on the bright side after Canadian smoke-out
By GREGORY ZELLER // From the Department of Shared Experiences comes this week’s eerie and unhealthy Canadian wildfire smokestorm, engulfing Long Island and much of the Northeast region. More akin…
Amidst nursing crisis, Albany OKs training simulations
By GREGORY ZELLER // Future nurses will become current nurses a little faster, thanks to new healthcare laws on New York’s books. Against the backdrop of a critical nationwide nursing…
At this busy Heart Hospital, 100-plus reasons to smile
By GREGORY ZELLER // From the Keeps on Ticking Department comes Northwell Health‘s progressive Heart Hospital, which has completed its milestone 100th heart transplant. Marking a plateau you’d probably prefer…