App that predicts falls rises in national competition
By GREGORY ZELLER // From the species that crafted “I’ve fallen and I can’t get up!” comes an app that might be better described as “I’m about to fall –…
Alzheimer’s disease
Pandemic may be over, but Safe at Home’s mission isn’t
By GREGORY ZELLER // A leading regional nonprofit is continuing to find innovative ways to assist at-risk Long Island seniors living alone. Although the COVID-19 pandemic is over, its effects…
Research Week: Zucker School students reach beyond
By GREGORY ZELLER // Nearly 100 students from one of Long Island’s most prestigious medical schools have showcased research projects that go straight to the cutting edge – and well…
With ‘checkoffs’ stalling, oversight (or overhaul) needed
By JEFFREY L. REYNOLDS // Tax season might seem like an inopportune time for government to ask for charitable contributions, but hundreds of thousands of New York State taxpayers have…
NIH funds Feinstein fight against autism, schizophrenia
By GREGORY ZELLER // Backed by a multimillion-dollar federal grant, a seasoned Long Island-based behavioral scientist is taking the fight to nefarious neuropsychiatric disorders, once again. The National Institutes of…
As seniors surge, eldercare is running out of providers
By TERRY LYNAM // Watching videos of Mick Jagger strutting around on stage, it’s hard to believe the Rolling Stones frontman is 80 years old. While the rock ‘n’ roll…
No. 800: But who’s counting
One, 800 flowers: Welcome inventors, investors, entrepreneurs and executives, to the shiny 800th edition of your Innovate Long Island Newsletter – which is not actually the 800th edition, but…
Lawyers, drugs, money: The Alzheimer’s War continues
By TERRY LYNAM // My mother has been dead for almost three years, but I still think of her often, particularly when I read the steady stream of new developments…
No. 738: Loving lawyers, digging Tut and birthing Barbie – and if you aren’t sick of candy yet…
Close shave: Welcome to Friday, dear readers, and the end of another bustling workweek. It’s Nov. 4 out there – the first Friday in November, meaning we change the…
No. 696: On wind warriors, real estate royalty and mighty bat men – and at the risk of repeating ourselves…
Short and sweet: Welcome to Friday, dear readers, as we wrap up the abbreviated workweek – just one more day of socioeconomic innovation between us and another well-earned weekend….
No. 670: We drop the ax on obesity, bad grammar and awful acronyms, with nifty networking and pound cake
To the ax: Welcome to Friday, dear readers, as another busy workweek nears its climax and another lazy weekend prepares to chillax. It’s March 4 out there, and before…
Researchers eye Alzheimer’s link in 9/11 responders
By GREGORY ZELLER // Biomarkers similar to those found in the brains of Alzheimer’s patients are appearing in the brains of first responders to the 9/11 terrorist attacks, and Stony…
Honey, I shrunk the shrew (and maybe your kidney)
By GREGORY ZELLER // Cutting-edge evolutionary science meets a Rick Moranis movie in an innovative international study of a surprisingly shrinkable furball. Freshly supported by a three-year grant from the…
No. 395: On Watson, women in energy and Ming the nonagenarian (and beating Alzheimer’s at its own game)
Picking up speed: Welcome to Wednesday, dear readers, as another busy workweek blurs on by. It’s already April 10 out there, and while it’s not yet an official federal…
Among 9/11 responders, SBU sees PTSD-dementia link
By GREGORY ZELLER // The heroes of 9/11 continue to confront danger, according to a new study by Stony Brook University researchers that sees a potential connection between PTSD and…