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…
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No. 953: Put ’em up! We end the workweek swinging on patent battles, whale words and ERs (plus flapjacks!)
Champion Island: Well done, socioeconomic scrappers! You win the first week of March on points – and with the tough workweek ready to fall, a hard-fought weekend awaits. Just…
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 –…
No. 902: In which East End anglers catch new data – and jokesters, freelancers and brats have a big day
“Off” beat: Sound off, intrepid innovators! It’s Friday on Long Island and this latest warm workweek has reached its busy end. Another glorious summertime weekend is in the offing…
No. 833: First fellowships, Bobby the Brain’s second chances and the legendary Al Arbour’s ‘drive for five’
Candyland: Welcome to Wednesday, dear readers, and welcome to November, as we bundle up for 2023’s penultimate month and gear up for the second half of this latest autumnal…
‘Best Hospitals’ rankings face growing scrutiny
By TERRY LYNAM // Hospitals nationwide will spend tens of millions of dollars in the coming months touting their “Best Hospital” rankings. Announced this month, the most recent rankings for the…
No. 799: In which Rip naps, dolls live, young Islanders tune up and the porridge is just right
Racy content: Welcome to Friday, dear racers, as we speed across the finish line of another busy workweek and shift down toward another well-earned pitstop. It’s June 23 out…
No. 763: Oh, Canada! Plus Galileo, original teddy bears, wealthy water works … and goody, goody, gumdrops!
Ever snowpeful: Welcome to Wednesday, dear readers, as we (roller)skate through another mild workweek in the Winter That Winter Forgot – though, is that a snowy Winter Recess for…
Mount Sinai South Nassau unveils ‘mass-casualty’ unit
By GREGORY ZELLER // A bustling Long Island hospital has completed the second phase of a $50 million Emergency Department expansion – just part of a larger $400 million strategic-growth…
No. 746: On roller skates, ‘Paradise Lost’ and llamas – and the worst computer password you ever had
What the hectic: Well done, intrepid innovators – another workweek conquered, another weekend queued, and all that at the height of the hectic holiday season. With Friday upon us,…
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…
Top techsperts carry CEWIT 2022 back to school
By GREGORY ZELLER // Stony Brook University’s season of colossal conferences continues next week, and this time, the future of … well, everything … is on the line. Just weeks…
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…