Costs, questions rise as investors take over healthcare
By TERRY LYNAM // For many, trust in the family doctor runs deep – we routinely turn to them first, whenever we’re sick or concerned about symptoms that might signal…
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No. 835: Wise up, dunces – we’re zapping bugs, sharing Billy Joel’s private pics and pitching new casinos
Worker union: Welcome to Wednesday, friends, as we muscle through November’s first full week and deeper into the holiday season. Speaking of holidays, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics…
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. 817: Change is in the air, and so are tropical storms, Moon rocks and high-profile Czechoslovakian defections
Come September: Welcome to Wednesday, dear readers, and not just any Wednesday but the first Wednesday of September – yes, the school year has begun and the seasons, they…
‘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. 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. 787: Stocking the lab, nominating a pioneer and hitting the fairway – with shrimp on the barbie, mate
Sunny disposition: Mind the glare, dear readers – it’s Wednesday already, and we’re blazing into the back half of this sunny springtime work-sprint. It’s been a sun-drenched stretch here…
Lots left to debate, but AI’s already changing medicine
By TERRY LYNAM // Debates rage across all economic sectors over the risks and rewards of artificial intelligence, and its growing influence on our lives. When it comes to AI…
No. 773: Bracing for trouble, cleaning the local water and remembering Ron, with Captain Kirk in command
History in the making, one way or the other: Welcome to what promises to be a big day in the annals of American justice and politics, and a monumental…
Healthcare CEOs bring leadership to national gun fight
By TERRY LYNAM // Given the inability (or unwillingness) of our elected leaders to further strengthen the nation’s gun-safety laws, healthcare leaders from across the country are stepping up to…
No. 768: Narcan stations, future neurosurgeons and AT&T arrive (no bologna, though we do have some)
Snow thanks: Welcome to the first Friday of March, dear readers, as we wrap up another busy workweek and tee up the third-to-last weekend of the Winter That Winter…
Revaluing U.S. prosperity, after eye-opening voyage
By TERRY LYNAM // Awestruck by natural beauty. Amazed by racial, ethnic and religious diversity. Shocked by living conditions. Thankful to be an American. Those are my biggest takeaways after…
No. 759: Freedom rings, SCOTUS convenes and the LIA goes to the movies, with our fingerprints all over it
Winter is here, kinda: Welcome to Wednesday, intrepid innovators, as another mild workweek rolls by in Long Island’s Winter That Winter Forgot. Sure, sure, 18 snowflakes fell across the…
No. 747: Christmas cometh – but first, Alabama arrives, Queens cleans up nice and bikers gang up for good
Tick tock challenge: Welcome to Wednesday, intrepid innovators, and not to pressure you or anything, but the clock is ticking – now just 10 shopping days until Christmas,…