Old friends back new Women’s Surgical Center
By GREGORY ZELLER // A next-generation surgical center uniquely suited to women’s physical and psychological needs is heading to Glen Cove. Community leaders joined top Northwell Health brass and Glen…
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No. 693: Great donations, clever lawyers and fine wine, in a galaxy far, far away…
A little forced: Welcome to Wednesday, nerf-herders, as we travel from one end of the galaxy to the other in search of technological breakthroughs and other amazing powers. It’s…
No. 689: A dimension of sight, sound and mind, with Salvador Dalí, Monty Python and genius LI scientists
Sol train: Welcome to Wednesday, dear readers, as we shine our way through another sunny springtime workweek. It’s May 11 out there, and as Long Island slowly warms, the…
Guns kill kids, and if lawmakers won’t act, doctors will
By TERRY LYNAM // For the first time in more than 60 years, gunshot wounds have overtaken motor vehicle accidents as the number-one killer of American children. While certainly a…
No. 688: On happy CEOs, AWSM scientists and The Say Hey Kid – and Mom’s the word (just ask Freud)
The mother of all newsletters: Welcome to Friday, dear readers, as we reach the end of another bustling workweek and tee up another well-earned weekend – not just any…
Northwell deploys telehealth to Ukraine’s eastern front
By GREGORY ZELLER // Northwell Health has opened a new front in the Ukraine War, running straight through New Hyde Park. With invading Russian forces pushing across Ukraine’s eastern border,…
No. 686: We hope you dance and Make a Wish come true and use all the right words, and enjoy the shrimp
Fond farewell: Welcome to Friday, friends, and an ending that’s replete with innovative beginnings. With a busy and beautiful May on the doorstep, we’re wrapping up transitional April and this…
COVID-cracking UPenn duo snags top Feinstein honor
By GREGORY ZELLER // The technology behind the breakthrough COVID-19 vaccines has earned two University of Pennsylvania scientists highest marks from the Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research. Specifically, UPenn Perelman…
Patient ‘organoids’ may predict chemotherapy effects
By GREGORY ZELLER // Unique cancer treatments, customized to specific patients, may be on the way. Among the things making cancer so vexing are the many physiological variables in play,…
No. 682: Easter eggs galore! We’ve hidden Larry David, GE and spiral hams in here
Vigil-ant: Welcome to Friday, dear readers, and not just any Friday but Good Friday, when Christians around the world commemorate the Crucifixion – the middle act of the Paschal…
Northwell startup stakes $100M for health tech, equity
By GREGORY ZELLER // Northwell Health has added another economic-development engine to its impressive collection. Already busily commercializing research and generating early-stage enterprises through its Northwell Ventures and Northwell Holdings…
No. 677: Virtual vacations, fortunate follies, puzzling polls – and the attack of the nightmare dolphins!
March on: Welcome, dear friends, to the March that wouldn’t die – the fifth Wednesday of the month and still a day to go! The workweek, however, proceeds on…
Eager healthcare heroes can only watch agonizing war
By TERRY LYNAM // The human suffering and misery unfolding every day in Ukraine is agonizing to watch for anyone with a human conscience – but its heart-wrenching, and frustrating,…
No. 676: From Sweden to France to the Antarctic to the moon, with waffles
Quick thinking: Welcome to Friday, dear readers, as we race to the end of another busy workweek and speed into another well-earned weekend – already the last weekend of…
Vive la France! Northwell partners with la République
By GREGORY ZELLER // New York State’s largest healthcare provider is going to France. And France is coming to Northwell Health, via a monumental Memorandum of Understanding signed this month…