Last call: Feds can fix booze guidance, but will they?
By TERRY LYNAM // Celebrating, grieving, alleviating stress, watching a ballgame, traveling, relaxing at home – there’s always a good reason to take a drink. Alcohol is imbedded in our…
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No. 894: On school bonds, barcodes, Messier objects and chocolate pudding … plus, Christmas in June?!?
O, say, can you see it from here: Welcome to Wednesday, dear readers, as we sweat out this latest muggy workweek and the anticipated arrival of a well-deserved holiday…
Memo to food phonies: Shut your fat mouths
By TERRY LYNAM // With obesity rates surging across the nation and millions struggling with eating disorders, it’s clear that Americans have a very complicated relationship with food. There are…
No. 871: Party on, readers! Coasts are cleared, whales are saved and the mousse is loose (no pudding, please)
Dry wit: Welcome to Wednesday, dear readers, as we slosh our way through the first week of April here on rainy Long Island. Of course, you know what they…
On big medical decisions, trust doctors – not insurers
By TERRY LYNAM // The essence of good medical care begins with the physician-patient relationship – which is also the origin of the biggest conflict between healthcare providers and insurers….
No. 853: Coastal repairs go forward, ideas go backward and the Doomsday Clock stands still (that’s bad)
One giant leap: It’s Wednesday already but still January out there, intrepid innovators, with a supersized new month now just hours away. “Supersized,” of course, is a relative term….
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…
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…