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…
Adhi Sharma
No. 1051: SBU embraces E (belatedly), Big Medicine breaks up (maybe) and bad ballrooms bust (once again)
Change dot org: No, dear readers, we don’t have a petition for you to sign (though the action-oriented Change.org platform does have several trendy political topics to choose from,…
No. 1041: Hydrogen is stored, ‘sleepcations’ are scheduled and the Riesling is dry (or maybe sweet?)
Earnings report: Well done, intrepid innovators! You’ve conquered another busy workweek – filled with disheartening military conflicts, wild weather swings and the headless-chicken economic turmoil one might expect from…
Poll: Wearable health devices rock! (If you wear them)
By GREGORY ZELLER // Wearable health devices are having a profoundly positive effect, according to the latest Mount Sinai South Nassau Truth in Medicine Poll – at least, among those who wear…
Poll: Politics pulverizing public confidence in healthcare
By GREGORY ZELLER // The intense politicalization of hard science is eroding the nation’s physical and mental health. That’s the word from the latest Mount Sinai South Nassau Truth in Medicine Poll,…
Poll: Drinkers heed ex-surgeon general’s alcohol advice
By GREGORY ZELLER // Another round? Maybe not, according to the latest Mount Sinai South Nassau Truth in Medicine Poll. Released this week, the poll reports that a majority of…
Poll: Most Long Islanders avoid the naughty list in 2024
By GREGORY ZELLER // Don’t believe all that noise about New Yorkers being a nasty lot – it’s a bunch of hogwash, according to the latest Mount Sinai South Nassau…
Mount Sinai South Nassau delivers for Long Beach, again
By GREGORY ZELLER // Mount Sinai South Nassau has delivered another significant healthcare upgrade to the City of Long Beach. The flagship Long Island hospital of the New York City-based…
Poll: Screen time a growing concern for LI kids, adults
By GREGORY ZELLER // School mobile-phone bans and tighter restrictions on social media content proved popular in the latest Mount Sinai South Nassau Truth in Medicine Poll The poll –…
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…
Poll reveals intriguing, disturbing weight loss ‘truths’
By GREGORY ZELLER // Weighty issues abound in the latest Mount Sinai South Nassau Truth In Medicine poll, which pounds home heavy physiological and psychological truths about weight loss. At…
Mental block: Poll reveals Island mental health ‘crisis’
By GREGORY ZELLER // Social studies continue to paint bleak portraits of Long Island’s mental health landscape. Just one week after Stony Brook Medicine’s Long Island LGBTQ+ Community Health Needs…
Oceanside hospital approved for national cancer trials
By GREGORY ZELLER // A Long Island hospital has earned key National Cancer Institute approvals, opening the doors to two frontline clinical trials. Oceanside’s Mount Sinai South Nassau hospital, the…
Mount Sinai South Nassau looks within for new leader
By GREGORY ZELLER // A familiar face will take the reins at Mount Sinai South Nassau hospital. Emergency medicine veteran Adhi Sharma, who spearheaded Mount Sinai South Nassau’s COVID-19 response…
After COVID hell, Mount Sinai staffers snag golden tix
By GREGORY ZELLER // Four Long Island heroes will join thousands of doctors, nurses and other front-line healthcare providers in Tampa for this Sunday’s Super Bowl LV. The National Football…